N704VM is a 1976 Cessna 150M. It is a fixed-wing single-engine aircraft with 2 seats, powered by a Cont Motor 0-200 series rated at 100 horsepower. The registration is active, with the registrant based in Bay Minette, AL. Its standard airworthiness certificate was issued in Nov 1976. It has been registered to its current owner since Oct 2022. This page also carries 1 NTSB event.
- 50 years old
- 1 of 1,492 Cessna 150M
2022
1976
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The student pilot reported that, after landing, she and the flight instructor requested to taxi back to the runway for traffic pattern practice. They were instructed to taxi to the runway at a taxiway intersection. They complied and lined up behind another aircraft holding short of the runway. She added that, while stopped and waiting for a takeoff clearance, she felt the airplane shake. She turned around and saw that another airplane struck their vertical stabilizer and rudder.
The solo student pilot reported that, after landing, during taxi from the runway to parking, he saw an airplane holding short of the runway at a taxiway intersection. He thought there was enough clearance to taxi around the airplane, but his left wing struck the stopped airplane.
The stopped airplane sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer and rudder.
The student pilot of the stopped airplane and the flight school manager for the taxiing airplane reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with either of the airplanes that would have precluded normal operation.
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About the Cessna 150M
About the modelA late two-seat Skyhawk-shaped trainer with a taller fin than earlier 150s. Still popular as a first aircraft for its running costs.