# Incident 19910720055859I: Cessna 150M, Wellfleet, MA, July 20, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1991, 15:01 local time
- Place: Wellfleet, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9376° N, 70.0328° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wellfleet, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9376&lon=-70.0328&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50918, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50918-2017-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (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: 1,270 total, 250 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910720055859I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ON WHALE SPOTTING FLIGHT HAD ENGINE OIL PRESSURE PROBLEMS. FORCED LANDING IN OCEAN.

## Other reports on N50918 (1)

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

- [Accident 19970406046229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970406046229A), Apr 6, 1997: Cessna 150J (N50918), Miami, FL, No damage. (-23) Mr. Ricci was on a solo x-country flight from tmb-far-tmb. He left tmb(Tamiami) airport with full tanks and stopped in labelle on the return portion of…

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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