# Accident 19811117074389A: Cessna 150L, Hillsboro, TX, November 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1981, 18:10 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0078° N, 97.1157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hillsboro, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0078&lon=-97.1157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117NS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N117NS-2012-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FPA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPA05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811117074389A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ENCOUNTERED DENSE UNFORECAST GROUND FOG ON SOLO CROSSCOUNTRY. LANDED IN A FARM FIELD. NOSED OVER.

## 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 FTW82FPA05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPA05), Nov 17, 1981: Cessna 150 (N117NS), Hillsboro, TX, substantial damage

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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