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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150F · Columbia, IL · September 4, 1979

Date: September 4, 1979 · 21:00 local
Place: Columbia, IL
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7121F
Reported as: Cessna 150F
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 170 total120 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N7121FRegistered now · Cessna 150FS/N 15063721 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 150F Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot landed in cornfield, 20 feet off side of runway in night landing. Runway had lights only on one side.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED IN CORNFIELD, 20 FEET OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY IN NIGHT LANDING. RUNWAY HAD LIGHTS ONLY ON ONE SIDE.