# Accident 19800611019059A: Cessna 150, Avenal, CA, June 11, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Avenal, CA
- Airport: Avenal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0030° N, 120.1422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AVENAL (CA69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0030&lon=-120.1422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6058K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6058K-2013-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (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: 503 total, 35 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVA46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVA46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800611019059A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO CLEAR ENGINE IN PROLONGED GLIDE. ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AT LEVEL-OFF. LANDED IN 3-FOOT HIGH SAFFLOWER.

## 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 LAX80DVA46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVA46), Jun 11, 1980: Cessna 150 (N6058K), Avenal, CA, 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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