# Accident 19800127001449A: Cessna A150L, Oliver Springs, TN, January 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Oliver Springs, TN
- Airport: Oliver Springs
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0399° N, 84.3285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oliver Springs, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0399&lon=-84.3285&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5957J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5957J-1982-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150L (registry code 2071828, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 163 total, 40 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80DKW07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DKW07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800127001449A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON CLIMB FROM TOUCH AND GO. ACFT HIT TREE AND WIRES OFF END RWY. PILOT DISREGARDED LOW FUEL STATUS.

## 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 IAD80DKW07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DKW07), Jan 27, 1980: Cessna A150L (N5957J), Oliver Spgs, TN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5957J (1)

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

- [Accident 19811011066199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811011066199A), Oct 11, 1981: Cessna A150L (N5957J), Oak Ridge, TN, Destroyed. Engine quit on takeoff. Check pilot took over. Stalled in apparent return attempt. #4 cylinder had separated.

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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