# Accident 19790716014659A: Cessna 150, Utica, MI, July 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1979, 22:30 local time
- Place: Utica, MI
- Airport: Berz Macomb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6639° N, 82.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Berz-Macomb Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6639&lon=-82.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66427, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66427-2017-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 152 total, 152 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790716014659A

## Narrative

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

RAN OFF TAXIWAY,DURING TAXI FOR TAKEOFF.DEPLANED TO CHECK DAMAGE.WALKED INTO IDLING PROPELLER.TAXIED WITHOUT LIGHTS

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N66427 (1)

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

- [Accident 20050521010279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050521010279A), May 21, 2005: Cessna 150M (N66427), Lake Isabella, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] ^ was giving instruction to student pilot [privacy data omitted] aircraft landed long due to displaced threshold…

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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