# Incident 20090903049022I: Cessna A150M, Penn Yan, NY, September 3, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2009, 10:45 local time
- Place: Penn Yan, NY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6607° N, 77.0531° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Penn Yan, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6607&lon=-77.0531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9801J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9801J-2015-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150M (registry code 2071831, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090903049022I

## Narrative

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

ON 9/03/2009, 1045 LOCAL TIME AT THE PENN YAN AIRPORT (PEO) TWO AIRCRAFT TAXIED INTO EACH OTHER ON THE TAXI WAY. N777PY AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT (CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEAR) AIRCRAFT WAS HEADING WEST ON THE TAXIWAY TO REPOSITION TO HIS HANGAR. AT THE SAME MOMENT N9801J, A CESSNA A150M, WAS TAXIING EAST, ON THE SAME TAXIWAY, INTO POSITION FOR FLIGHT. THE CESSNA 150M OBSERVED THE ON COMING AIRCRAFT AND STOPPED ON THE TAXIWAY. THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TAXI INTO THE CESSNA 150M. N777PY SUSTAINED DAMAGED TO THE PROPELLER, SPINNER AND ENGINE. N 9801J SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, SPINNER, ENGINE MOUNT AND ENGINE. NO INJURIES OCCURRED DUE TO THIS INCIDENT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N777PY, Lucke Stewa S LUCKE S2L: no report for this aircraft; [N777PY](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N777PY) is registered now

## Other reports on N9801J (1)

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

- [Incident 19780409009639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780409009639I), Apr 9, 1978: Cessna 150 (N9801J), Elmira, NY, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control after hard landing, ran off 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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