# Incident 19850730042689I: Cessna 150M, Anchorage, AK, July 30, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1985, 18:44 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Spb
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9115U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9115U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 601 total, 440 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850730042689I

## Narrative

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

ATC CLEARED AIRCRAFT FOR WATER LANDING. WHEEL EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT MADE POSITION REPORT ON BASE AND LANDED ON RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N9115U (1)

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

- [Accident 19851112056779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851112056779A), Nov 12, 1985: Cessna 150M (N9115U), Rainbow Lake, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on a frozen lake in deep snow. Nose gear buckled and aircraft flipped over.

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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