# Incident 19780205006009I: Mooney M20C, Lake Havasu, AZ, February 5, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1978, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lake Havasu, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4839° N, 114.3225° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Havasu City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4839&lon=-114.3225&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3416X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3416X-2011-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780205006009I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIING TO PARK, HIT THE RUDDER OF A PARKED AIRPLANE.

## Other reports on N3416X (1)

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

- [Incident 19810103013899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810103013899I), Jan 3, 1981: Mooney M20C (N3416X), Burbank, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft collided with parked aircraft when pilot was repositioning airplane.

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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