# Accident 19801031071849A: Cessna 150L, Big Bear Lake, CA, October 31, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Big Bear Lake, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2429° N, 116.8939° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Big Bear Lake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2429&lon=-116.8939&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1732Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1732Q-1981-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 203 total, 203 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG03-129003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801031071849A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO CANYON. UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN AND UNABLE TO TURN AROUND. STRUCK TREES.

## 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 LAX80FUG03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUG03-129003), Oct 31, 1980: Cessna 150 (N1732Q), Big Bear Lake, CA, destroyed

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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