# Accident 19820613023749A: Cessna 150, Allen, TX, June 13, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1982, 11:30 local time
- Place: Allen, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1072° N, 96.6747° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Allen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1072&lon=-96.6747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3971U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3971U-2013-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (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: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FPA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPA12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820613023749A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AND SPUN IN WHILE AIR DELIVERING A NEWSPAPER. OVERBOOSTED ENGINE FAILED TO RESPOND. AIRCRAFT NOT LICENSED.

## 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 FTW82FPA12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPA12), Jun 13, 1982: Cessna 150 (N3971U), Allen, TX, destroyed

## Other reports on N3971U (1)

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

- [Accident 19740202002039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740202002039A), Feb 2, 1974: Cessna 150E (N3971U), Gilchrist, TX, Substantial damage. Plt attmptd precautnry lndg on beach. Wasnt auth to make flt by ip.

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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