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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150L · Bismark, WV · September 20, 1993

Date: September 20, 1993 · 11:30 local
Place: Bismark, WV
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N18501
Reported as: Cessna 150L
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 700 total550 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

N18501Registered now · Cessna 150LS/N 15073894 Airframe modelCessna 150L Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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.

VFR pilot flying beneath overcast. Observed obscured ridges ahead. Turned, precautionary landing on gravel road.

As the FAA filed it

VFR PILOT FLYING BENEATH OVERCAST.OBSERVED OBSCURED RIDGES AHEAD.TURNED, PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON GRAVEL ROAD.