# Accident 19820714032399A: Cessna 150D, Patton, PA, July 14, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1982, 21:00 local time
- Place: Patton, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6324° N, 78.6499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Patton, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6324&lon=-78.6499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5945T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5945T-1991-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150D (registry code 2071810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 56 total, 56 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82FGM13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FGM13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820714032399A

## Narrative

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

BECAME LOST ON PRACTICE MANEUVERS NEAR HOME AIRPORT AND NEAR DARK. ELECTED TO LAND IN A FURROWED 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 NYC82FGM13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FGM13), Jul 15, 1982: Cessna 150D (N5945T), Patton, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5945T (1)

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

- [Incident 19811224087489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811224087489I), Dec 24, 1981: Cessna 150D (N5945T), Jamestown, PA, Minor damage. After landing with burned out landing light, pilot slid off taxiway into snowbank.

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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