# Accident 19801115071809A: Cessna 150L, Shafter, CA, November 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1980, 09:15 local time
- Place: Shafter, CA
- Airport: Shafter-Kern Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5005° N, 119.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shafter, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5005&lon=-119.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19284, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19284-1989-01-19) (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: 141 total, 121 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVA10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801115071809A

## Narrative

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

TAXIED BY MISTAKE INTO AREA USED FOR AUTO DRIVING TESTS. WING STRUCK SIGN POST.

## 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 LAX81DVA10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVA10), Nov 15, 1980: Cessna 150 (N19284), Shafter, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N19284 (2)

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

- [Incident 19851109066589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851109066589I), Nov 9, 1985: Cessna 150L (N19284), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. Lost directional control during go around and ground looped aircraft.
- [Accident 19770518010699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770518010699A), May 18, 1977: Cessna 150L (N19284), Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. Flap indicator stuck causing students distraction-student landed long,ran into hanger.

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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