# Accident 19801227078459A: Cessna 150H, Crest, CA, December 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1980, 09:20 local time
- Place: Crest, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8000° N, 116.8671° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crest, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8000&lon=-116.8671&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50236, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50236-2012-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 52 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUM09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUM09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801227078459A

## Narrative

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

INADVERTENTLY FLEW AIRPLANE INTO GROUND WHILE CIRCLING A FRIEND'S HOME AT LOW ALTITUDE.

## 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 LAX81FUM09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUM09), Dec 27, 1980: Cessna 150 (N50236), Crest, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N50236 (1)

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

- [Incident 19800831081489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800831081489I), Aug 31, 1980: Cessna 150H (N50236), Santee, CA, Minor damage. Right wing tip struck fuel truck while taxiing.

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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