# Incident 19790420024499I: Cessna 150H, Santa Maria, CA, April 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1979, 13:30 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo C
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6643S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6643S-2014-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 400 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/19790420024499I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLYING LOW OVER ROUGHT OCEAN HIT WAVE TOP. LOST NOSE GEAR, BENT PROP AND ENGINE MOUNTS.

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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