# Accident 19800708034669A: Cessna 150M, Rocky Hill, NJ, July 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1980, 17:45 local time
- Place: Rocky Hill, NJ
- Airport: Princeton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3991° N, 74.6590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PRINCETON (39N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3991&lon=-74.6590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7572U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7572U) (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 150M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 640 total, 205 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80DA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80DA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800708034669A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED STUDENT TO MAKE A HARD LANDING.

## 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 NYC80DA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80DA081), Jul 8, 1980: Cessna 150 (N7572U), Princetown, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7572U (1)

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

- [Incident 19780222000699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780222000699I), Feb 22, 1978: Cessna 150 (N7572U), Manville, NJ, Minor damage. Student pilot lost directional control after touchdown in a gusty crosswind.

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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