# Accident 19800504012369A: Cessna 150L, Splendora, TX, May 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1980
- Place: Splendora, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2292° N, 95.1596° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Splendora, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2292&lon=-95.1596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1797Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1797Q-1981-02-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRA28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800504012369A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED ON LAST LEG OF CROSS COUNTRY.FUEL TANKS NOT TOPPED ON DEPARTURE. INDICATES OUT OF FUEL.

## 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 FTW80FRA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRA28), May 4, 1980: Cessna 150L (N1797Q), Splendora, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1797Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19730124002179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730124002179A), Jan 24, 1973: Cessna 150L (N1797Q), Abilene, TX, 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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