# Incident 19791215046649I: Cessna 150M, West Chester, PA, December 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1979, 13:15 local time
- Place: West Chester, PA
- Airport: Brandywine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9901° N, 75.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BRANDYWINE RGNL (OQN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9901&lon=-75.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3770V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3770V-2007-05-22) (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 150M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13 total, 13 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/19791215046649I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT APPROACHED TOO LOW AND SLOW FOR ELEVATOR CONTROL IN LANDING FLARE, HIT HARD, DAMAGED NOSE GEAR, PROP.

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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