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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Tampa, FL · July 24, 1979

Date
July 24, 1979 · 17:45 local
Place
Tampa, FL
Airport
Hillsboro
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N704ZR
Reported as
Cessna 150M
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
65 total60 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

While attempting to land due to approaching heavy rains turbulence caused wingtip to strike sod runway.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND DUE TO APPROACHING HEAVY RAINS TURBULENCE CAUSED WINGTIP TO STRIKE SOD RUNWAY.