# Accident 19800223003849A: Cessna 150L, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, February 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3789° N, 65.8389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Río Grande, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3789&lon=-65.8389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N566PR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N566PR-1980-07-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 247 total, 105 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FKA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800223003849A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE LOST POWER. DITCHED OFFSHORE. AIRPLANE REPORTED BUZZING AREA.

## 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 MIA80FKA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FKA05), Feb 23, 1980: Cessna 150 (N566PR), Rio Grande, PR, destroyed

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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