# Accident 19800217010989A: Cessna 150M, Louisville, KY, February 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1980, 17:00 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63416, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63416-1998-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FLQ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FLQ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800217010989A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED ENGINE QUIT IN PATTERN. LANDED ON A GOLF COURSE ADJACENT TO AIRPORT. HIT HEDGEROW. CAUSE UNKNOWN.

## 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 IAD80FLQ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FLQ12), Feb 17, 1980: Cessna 150 (N63416), Louisville, KY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N63416 (1)

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

- [Incident 19780306011639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780306011639I), Mar 6, 1978: Cessna 150 (N63416), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. Flight instructor permitted student pilot to drift after touchdown, hit snowbank at runway edge.

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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