# Accident 19800523014549A: Cessna 150, Meriden, CT, May 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1980, 20:45 local time
- Place: Meriden, CT
- Airport: Markham
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5368° N, 72.7945° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Meriden, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5368&lon=-72.7945&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6204T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6204T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 71 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FNE16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNE16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800523014549A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED TOO FAST. NO FLAPS. BRAKES FAILED AND AIRCRAFT RAN OFF RUNWAY.

## 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 NYC80FNE16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FNE16), May 23, 1980: Cessna 150 (N6204T), Meriden, CT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6204T (2)

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

- [Incident 20040806020469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040806020469I), Aug 6, 2004: Cessna 150E (N6204T), Hot Springs, SD, Minor damage. (-23) On August 6, 2004 at 11:20 a Cessna 150 registered to calton d huitt of lusk, WY ran off the runway at Hot Springs, SD and the nose gear collapsed during…
- [Incident 19941002032359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941002032359I), Oct 2, 1994: Cessna 150E (N6204T), Hot Springs, SD, Minor damage. Student pilot practicing landings. Lost control.

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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