# Accident 19800412037689A: Cessna 150, Byron, CA, April 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1980, 18:15 local time
- Place: Byron, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8756° N, 121.6421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Byron, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8756&lon=-121.6421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7816E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7816E-1982-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 123 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800412037689A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE SHARP STEEP TURN AT LOW ALTITUDE. AIRPLANE STALLED, ROLLED INVERTED, SPUN INTO GROUND.

## 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 LAX80FA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA079), Apr 12, 1980: Cessna 150 (N7816E), Byron, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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