# Incident 19850402019479I: Cessna 150L, Tipton, IA, April 2, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1985, 16:00 local time
- Place: Tipton, IA
- Airport: Mathews Memorial
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7634° N, 91.1529° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MATHEWS MEML (8C4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7634&lon=-91.1529&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7359G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7359G-2013-07-03) (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 O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850402019479I

## Narrative

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

ON SOLO CROSSCOUNTRY STUDENT RAN LOW ON FUEL. MADE 3 CROSSWIND LANDING ATTEMPTS ON RUNWAY, THEN LANDED IN FIELD.

## Other reports on N7359G (2)

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

- [Accident 19900209001919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900209001919A), Feb 9, 1990: Cessna 150L (N7359G), Clear Lake, MN, Substantial damage. Began go around due gusty wind. Drifted off runway heading,struck a tree, crashed and burned. Blamed windshear.
- [Incident 19880701032669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880701032669I), Jul 1, 1988: Cessna 150L (N7359G), Stanton, MN, Minor damage. Student pilot made a hard landing while attempting a short field landing. Nose gear and propeller damaged.

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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