# Accident 19800526015329A: Cessna 150L, Bowling Green, KY, May 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1980, 11:25 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, KY
- Airport: Bowling Green
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9903° N, 86.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowling Green, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9903&lon=-86.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16178, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N16178-1982-01-21) (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: 782 total, 154 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80DLQ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DLQ18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800526015329A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILED IN AIRPORT PATTERN. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN HIGH WHEAT WHICH FLIPPED AIRCRAFT INVERTED.

## 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 IAD80DLQ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80DLQ18), May 26, 1980: Cessna 150L (N16178), Bowling Green, KY, destroyed

## Other reports on N16178 (2)

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

- [Accident 19750713027699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750713027699A), Jul 13, 1975: Cessna A150K (N16178), Ottawa, IL, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19750209002019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750209002019A), Feb 9, 1975: Cessna 150L (N16178), Peoria, IL, Substantial damage. Patches of packed snow on runway. Plt retracting flaps acft veered l.

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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