# Incident 19790111000969I: Cessna 150J, Van Nuys, CA, January 11, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1979, 11:17 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1867° N, 118.4490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Van Nuys, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1867&lon=-118.4490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51332, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51332-2021-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,719 total, 1,320 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/19790111000969I

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TRYING TO RECOVER FROM POOR STUDENT LANDING. STRUCK WINGTIP ON RUNWAY. WAKE TURBULANCE.

## Other reports on N51332 (1)

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

- [Incident 19990621016409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990621016409I), Jun 21, 1999: Cessna 150J (N51332), Los Angeles, CA. N51332, (C150) on vny ILS approach reported a rough running engine and cancelled IFR. Tried to land at Whiteman Airport. Could not make runway at whp and…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.