# Accident 19800830038149A: Cessna 152, Coalinga, CA, August 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1980, 08:40 local time
- Place: Coalinga, CA
- Airport: Coalinga
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1402° N, 120.3520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coalinga, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1402&lon=-120.3520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69150, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69150-1991-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 51 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVA65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVA65) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800830038149A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT EXHAUSTED FUEL ON FIRST LONG SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY. CRASHED JUST SHORT OF AIRPORT ATTEMPTING 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 LAX80DVA65](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVA65), Aug 30, 1980: Cessna 152 (N69150), Coalinga, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N69150 (1)

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

- [Incident 19830630037909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830630037909I), Jun 30, 1983: Cessna 152 (N69150), Stockton, CA, Minor damage. Student lost control while landing in a crosswind. Ran off the runway and broke the nose gear.

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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