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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150H · Santa Paula, CA · March 20, 1983

Date
March 20, 1983 · 16:30 local
Place
Santa Paula, CA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7178S
Reported as
Cessna 150H
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
103 total87 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Sightseeing flight one foot above a river ended when the gear hit the water. Nosed up in three feet of water.

As the FAA filed it

SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT ONE FOOT ABOVE A RIVER ENDED WHEN THE GEAR HIT THE WATER. NOSED UP IN THREE FEET OF WATER.