# Accident 19800117004159A: Cessna 150M, Melbourne, FL, January 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1980, 12:35 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Brevard
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9379U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9379U-2021-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 59 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FLD38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800117004159A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL ARRIVING AT DESTINATION. LANDED IN PALMETTO FIELD IN AIRPORT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA80FLD38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD38), Jan 17, 1980: Cessna 150 (N9379U), Melbourne, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9379U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19890323024959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890323024959I), Mar 23, 1989: Cessna A150M (N9379U), Portland, ME. Transmitter malfunctioned at kennebunk. Squawked 7700 and 7600. Landed using tower light signal.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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