# Incident 19800309024259I: Cessna 150M, San Jose, CA, March 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1980, 18:15 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704MZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704MZ-2021-11-22) (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: 60 total, 60 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/19800309024259I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT STRUCK THE RUDDER OF A PARKED AIRCRAFT WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP.

## Other reports on N704MZ (2)

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

- [Incident 20200410004519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200410004519I), Apr 10, 2020: Cessna 150M (N704MZ), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. During landing phase of flight, aircraft porpoised, hard landed, sheering off NLG and propeller struck runway.
- [Incident 20031017026039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031017026039I), Oct 17, 2003: Cessna 150M (N704MZ), Concord, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot reported that he was enroute from atwater airport to Concord airport when he observed an orange glow from under the pilot's instrument panel. Pilot…

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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