# Incident 19890904056649I: Cessna 150, Napoleon, OH, September 4, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1989, 11:10 local time
- Place: Napoleon, OH
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3980° N, 84.1250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Napoleon, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3980&lon=-84.1250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7843E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7843E-2025-09-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890904056649I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD DUE TO FUEL UNPORTING IN THE FUEL TANKS.

## Other reports on N7843E (1)

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

- [Accident 19940218006249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940218006249A), Feb 18, 1994: Cessna 150 (N7843E), Lima, OH, 1 fatal. Passenger got out to move truck in hanger. Engine idling. Ducked under strut and was struck by idling propeller.

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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