# Incident 19801206088659I: Cessna 150, Poestenkill, NY, December 6, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Poestenkill, NY
- Airport: Rensselaer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6916° N, 73.5800° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENSSELAER COUNTY (5B7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6916&lon=-73.5800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2733S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2733S-2021-05-08) (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: 130 total, 40 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/19801206088659I

## Narrative

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

AS AIRCRAFT BROKE GROUND ONTAKEOFF, OIL DOOR OPENED. ATTEMPT TO ABORT HARD LANDING ON NOSE WHEEL CAUSED COLLAPSE.

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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