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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Chicago/Wheelin, IL · July 26, 1987

Date
July 26, 1987 · 15:35 local
Place
Chicago/Wheelin, IL
Airport
Pal-Waukee Airport
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9498U
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total300 in this make and model250 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.

Engine lost power, landed in a field. Fuel depleted. Gauges erratic, float level adjustment on carburetor improper.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER, LANDED IN A FIELD. FUEL DEPLETED. GAUGES ERRATIC, FLOAT LEVEL ADJUSTMENT ON CARBURETOR IMPROPER.