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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150H · El Cajon, CA · August 3, 1980

Date
August 3, 1980 · 12:46 local
Place
El Cajon, CA
Airport
Gillespie
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Aircraft
N50270
Reported as
Cessna 150H
Reported engine
Continental O200A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23 total23 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student misunderstood tower instructions, almost landed on wrong runway. Tower instructed pilot to go around.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT MISUNDERSTOOD TOWER INSTRUCTIONS, ALMOST LANDED ON WRONG RUNWAY. TOWER INSTRUCTED PILOT TO GO AROUND.