# Incident 19791015052589I: Cessna 150H, Clinton, NC, October 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1979, 12:00 local time
- Place: Clinton, NC
- Airport: Sampson Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9756° N, 78.3646° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sampson County Airport (CTZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9756&lon=-78.3646&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50209, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50209) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 47 total, 45 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/19791015052589I

## Narrative

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

HAND PROPPED PLANE WITH WINGS TIED DOWN. ONE ROPE BROKE, PLANE SWUNG AROUND INTO PARKED AIRPLANE, N6007S.

## Other reports on N50209 (1)

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

- [Incident 20211009022069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211009022069I), Oct 9, 2021: Cessna 150H (N50209), Pickens, SC, Minor damage. Aircraft was operated by a student pilot and had a passenger onboard who also was a student pilot. Due to lack of training the aircraft porpoise on landing…

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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