39.7684° N, 86.1580° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 3, 1985 · 18:43 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N714SM
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Reported engine
Continental O200A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
48 total20 in this make and model20 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.
Student was lost on solo cross country. Landed at controlled airport without radio contact.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT WAS LOST ON SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. LANDED AT CONTROLLED AIRPORT WITHOUT RADIO CONTACT.