# Incident 19931123047839I: Cessna 172N, Mountain View, CA, November 23, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1993, 09:25 local time
- Place: Mountain View, CA
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3997° N, 122.0793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain View, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3997&lon=-122.0793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734HZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734HZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931123047839I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW OVER SHOPPING CENTER AT LOW ALTITUDE.N NUMBERS READ WITH NAKED EYES.

## Other reports on N734HZ (1)

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

- [Incident 19940407014689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940407014689I), Apr 7, 1994: Cessna 172N (N734HZ), Palo Alto, CA, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing at midfield. Sipped its' left wing, struck runway light as it departed runway.

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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