# Accident 19800316006909A: Cessna 150J, San Jose, CA, March 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1980, 09:00 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- 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: N50878, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50878-2000-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 641 total, 250 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVM19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800316006909A

## Narrative

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

HAND-PROPPED ENGINE. PASSENGER OPENED THROTTLE. WHEN ENGINE STARTED, AIRCRAFT RAN INTO A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX80FVM19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVM19), Mar 16, 1980: Cessna 150J (N50878), San Jose, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N50878 (1)

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

- [Accident 19990205001029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990205001029A), Feb 5, 1999: Cessna 150J (N50878), Mariposa, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On 2/6/99 N50878 a Cessna 150J ser. Number 15069617 was destroyed when it contacted trees 1.3 miles south of the Mariposa-Yosemite Airport (068). The…

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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