# Accident 19800507025229A: Cessna 150, Big Flat, AR, May 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1980, 12:20 local time
- Place: Big Flat, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0034° N, 92.4102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Flat, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0034&lon=-92.4102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73066, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73066) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,249 total, 367 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800507025229A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF LIGHTNING, HAIL, SEVERE TURBULENCE. LANDED ON A ROAD. VEERED OFF ROAD AFTER WING HIT ROAD SIGN.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N73066 (1)

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

- [Accident 19770611019449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770611019449A), Jun 11, 1977: Cessna 120 (N73066), Logansport, IN, Substantial damage. When unable to fly around rain showers plt flew through them to get home.

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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