# Accident 19801207072379A: Cessna 150H, Kokomo, IN, December 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1980, 19:04 local time
- Place: Kokomo, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4864° N, 86.1336° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kokomo, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4864&lon=-86.1336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6475S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6475S-1982-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 582 total, 308 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEX06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEX06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801207072379A

## Narrative

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

VFR PILOT HIT TREES SHORT OF RUNWAY ON THIRD ILS APPROACH.  RUPTURED APPENDIX POOSSIBLY AT IMPACT.

## 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 CHI81FEX06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEX06), Dec 7, 1980: Cessna 150H (N6475S), Kokomo, IN, 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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