# Accident 19800123000919A: Cessna 150F, Searchlight, NV, January 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1980, 14:30 local time
- Place: Searchlight, NV
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4554° N, 114.9204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Searchlight, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4554&lon=-114.9204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6944F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6944F-1982-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 717 total, 46 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVW11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVW11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800123000919A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF FROM TOUCH AND GO. CRASHED OFF END OF RUNWAY. FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY.

## 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 LAX80FVW11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVW11), Jan 23, 1980: Cessna 150 (N6944F), Searchlight, NV, substantial damage

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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