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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 150M · Sallisaw, OK · July 31, 1987

Date
July 31, 1987 · 13:00 local
Place
Sallisaw, OK
Airport
Sallisaw Municipal
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N150RG
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW87LA185
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
104 total11 in this make and model8 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.

The engine failed on descent and the aircraft landed in a mining pit. The pilot smelled fuel before engine quit.

As the FAA filed it

THE ENGINE FAILED ON DESCENT AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A MINING PIT. THE PILOT SMELLED FUEL BEFORE ENGINE QUIT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.