# Accident 19800406008419A: Cessna 150M, Spring Creek, MO, April 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1980, 16:20 local time
- Place: Spring Creek, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7625° N, 92.0240° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spring Creek, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7625&lon=-92.0240&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7667U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7667U-1983-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,220 total, 340 in this make and model, 273 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80DCA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800406008419A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO VALLEY ON FIRE PATROL. UNABLE TO CLIMB, DUE TO DOWNDRAFT FROM FOREST FIRE. STRUCK TREES.

## 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 MKC80DCA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCA12), Apr 6, 1980: Cessna 150 (N7667U), Spring Creek, MO, destroyed

## Other reports on N7667U (1)

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

- [Incident 19780319009179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780319009179I), Mar 19, 1978: Cessna 150 (N7667U), Lees Summit, MO, Substantial damage. Student waiting in the airplane for flight instructor, started engine with full throttle, struck a parked aircraft.

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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