# Accident 19810923060789A: Cessna 150G, Ponce De Leon, FL, September 23, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1981, 00:48 local time
- Place: Ponce De Leon, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7240° N, 85.9369° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ponce de Leon, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7240&lon=-85.9369&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3836J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3836J-2018-03-16) (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 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810923060789A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWERLINE 70 FEET OVER FREEWAY DURING NIGHT LOW LEVEL FLIGHT. ALCOHOL CONTENT INDICATES FLYING INEBRIATED.

## 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 MIA81FA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81FA122), Sep 23, 1981: Cessna 150G (N3836J), Ponce De Leon, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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