# Incident 19800901081639I: Cessna 150, Bakersfield, CA, September 1, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1980, 15:15 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Meadows
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4339° N, 119.0577° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOWS FLD (BFL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4339&lon=-119.0577&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2770S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2770S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800901081639I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING AFTER ENGINE QUIT. FOUND WATER IN FUEL.

## Other reports on N2770S (1)

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

- [Incident 19791030053279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791030053279I), Oct 30, 1979: Cessna 150 (N2770S), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. Student pilot lost directional control after touchdown.

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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