# Incident 19791005050479I: Cessna 152, Opa Locka, FL, October 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1979, 06:20 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68744, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68744-1992-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 140 total, 110 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/19791005050479I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LEFT THE AIRPLANE WITH ENGINE RUNNING. BRAKE NOT PROPERLY SET OR DID NOT HOLD, STRUCK ANOTHER PLANE, N68015.

## Other reports on N68744 (2)

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

- [Accident 19901111049679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901111049679A), Nov 11, 1990: Cessna 152 (N68744), West Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Blown over while landing in a strong crosswind. Runway 31 was available.
- [Incident 19800525048119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800525048119I), May 25, 1980: Cessna 152 (N68744), Opa Locka, FL, Minor damage. High winds turned taxiing aircraft over.

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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