# Accident 19800409019529A: Cessna 150M, Childress, TX, April 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Childress, TX
- Airport: Childress
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4338° N, 100.2880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHILDRESS MUNI (CDS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4338&lon=-100.2880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9141U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9141U-2011-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 121 total, 78 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FQG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800409019529A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF. VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO PLOWED FIELD. AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

## 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 FTW80FQG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG13), Apr 9, 1980: Cessna 150 (N9141U), Childress, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9141U (1)

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

- [Accident 19771222037689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771222037689A), Dec 22, 1977: Cessna 150M (N9141U), Claremore, OK, 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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