# Incident 19781209022319I: Cessna 150D, Santa Paula, CA, December 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1978, 12:05 local time
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3549° N, 119.0663° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Paula, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3549&lon=-119.0663&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4430U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4430U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150D (registry code 2071810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-E2A (registry code 42120, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-e2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 3,000 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/19781209022319I

## Narrative

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

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 19950922030409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950922030409A), Sep 22, 1995: Cessna STC150 (N4430U), Coldfoot, AK, Substantial damage. Ground looped and flipped aircraft converted to tail dragger while landing on remote strip.

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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