# Accident 19880321007299A: Cessna 150L, Fairmont, WV, March 21, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1988, 17:35 local time
- Place: Fairmont, WV
- Airport: Fairmont Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4475° N, 80.1676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4475&lon=-80.1676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6763G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6763G) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO88LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA027) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880321007299A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. COLLIDED WITH TREES AND TERRAIN.

## 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 BFO88LA027](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA027), Mar 21, 1988: Cessna 150L (N6763G), Fairmont, WV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6763G (1)

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

- [Accident 19900107000169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900107000169A), Jan 7, 1990: Cessna 150L (N6763G), Traverse City, MI, Substantial damage. Student pilot on solo crosscountry ran his aircraft out of fuel near destination. Crash landed in snowy field.

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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