# Accident 19800908040819A: Cessna 150L, Benton, AR, September 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1980, 13:00 local time
- Place: Benton, AR
- Airport: Saline Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5904° N, 92.4794° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINE COUNTY RGNL (SUZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5904&lon=-92.4794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11485, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11485) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 17 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DPG67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPG67) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800908040819A

## Narrative

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

STALL LANDED, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON IMPACT WITH RUNWAY. VEERED OFF INTO A DITCH.

## 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 FTW80DPG67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPG67), Sep 8, 1980: Cessna 150 (N11485), Benton, AR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N11485 (2)

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

- [Accident 19781119036659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781119036659A), Nov 19, 1978: Cessna A150K (N11485), Benton, AR, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19751011032489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751011032489A), Oct 11, 1975: Cessna 150L (N11485), Rye, AR, Substantial damage. Became lost & lnd in corn fld.

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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