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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150D · Santa Paula, CA · December 9, 1978

Date: December 9, 1978 · 12:05 local
Place: Santa Paula, CA
Airport: Municipal
Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4430U
Reported as: Cessna 150D
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 17,000 total3,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4430URegistered now · Cessna 150DS/N 15060430 · Built 1964 Airframe modelCessna 150D Engine modelLycoming O-320-E2A4 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot shot in back of head from the ground, landed safely. Shooter located, claimed he only shot at birds.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SHOT IN BACK OF HEAD FROM THE GROUND, LANDED SAFELY. SHOOTER LOCATED, CLAIMED HE ONLY SHOT AT BIRDS.

Other reports on N4430U · 1

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

Accident 19950922030409ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Coldfoot, AKGround looped and flipped aircraft converted to tail dragger while landing on remote strip.Sep 22, 1995 · Reported as Cessna STC150 · Substantial damage