# Accident 19800415018629A: Cessna 150L, Pottsboro, TX, April 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1980, 18:12 local time
- Place: Pottsboro, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7703° N, 96.6713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pottsboro, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7703&lon=-96.6713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5408Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5408Q-1997-04-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 350 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800415018629A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE STRUCK WIRES DURING LOW-LEVEL SIGHT-SEEING FLIGHT. IMPACTED GROUND. DEMOLISHED.

## 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 FTW80FA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA065), Apr 15, 1980: Cessna 150L (N5408Q), Pottsboro, TX, 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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