# Incident 19940118002529I: Cessna 150L, Idabel, OK, January 18, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1994, 17:30 local time
- Place: Idabel, OK
- Airport: Idabel Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9048° N, 94.8453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Idabel Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9048&lon=-94.8453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17176, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17176) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 60 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940118002529I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED WHILE FLYING LOW OVER UNPOPULATED AREA, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TREE. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO THE IDABEL AIRPORT WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. THE PILOT STATED THE SETTING SUN CAUSED HIM TO NOT SEE THE TREE PRIOR TO IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE COWLING, WINDSHIELD, AND LEFT WING LEADING EDGE. THE PILOT WAS COUNSELED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N17176 (1)

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

- [Accident 19871022060299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871022060299A), Oct 22, 1987: Cessna 150L (N17176), Lancaster, TX, Substantial damage. Lost and low on fuel was vectored by mistake to closed airport. Student saw x marker landed side of rwy. Nosed over

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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