# Accident 19970726023629A: Cessna A150L, Quartzsite, AZ, July 26, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1997, 08:00 local time
- Place: Quartzsite, AZ
- Airport: Quartzsite
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6597° N, 114.2310° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6597&lon=-114.2310&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9903G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9903G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150L (registry code 2071828, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970726023629A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT UNABLE FIND FUELING AIRPORT PANICKED DUE LOW FUEL. ELECTED LAND CITY STRET. HIT SIGNPOST.

## 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 LAX97LA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA264), Jul 26, 1997: Cessna A150L (N9903G), Quartzsite, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's decision to land the airplane on a residential street, where the airplane subsequently hit a sign during the landing roll. Factors related to the accident were the student pilot…

## Other reports on N9903G (2)

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

- [Incident 20040117001629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040117001629I), Jan 17, 2004: Cessna A150L (N9903G), Casa Grande, AZ. (-23) Aircraft was flying enroute from marana airport (avq) to Casa Grande (cgz) giving a student a fam. Ride. The engine blew up short of the runway at Casa…
- [Incident 19940121000829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940121000829I), Jan 21, 1994: Cessna A150L (N9903G), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: on jan. 21, 1994, N9903G was practicing take offs and landings at Ryan airport when it ran off the side of the runway and experienced minor 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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