# Incident 19780409009639I: Cessna 150, Elmira, NY, April 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1978, 18:10 local time
- Place: Elmira, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0934° N, 76.8096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elmira, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0934&lon=-76.8096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9801J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9801J-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150M (registry code 2071831, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 40 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/19780409009639I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER HARD LANDING, RAN OFF RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N9801J (1)

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

- [Incident 20090903049022I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090903049022I), Sep 3, 2009: Cessna A150M (N9801J), Penn Yan, NY, Minor damage. On 9/03/2009, 1045 local time at the Penn Yan airport (peo) two aircraft taxied into each other on the taxi way. N777PY an experimental amateur built…

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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