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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150G · Fishers, IN · September 30, 1995

Date: September 30, 1995 · 14:30 local
Place: Fishers, IN
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3227J
Reported as: Cessna 150G
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 275 total100 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N3227JRegistered now · Cessna 150GS/N 15065927 Airframe modelCessna 150G 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.

Narrative: the pilot departed from rockford, Illinois airport (rfd) enroute to shelbyville, Indiana (shb). He planned the trip with adequate fuel reserves to his destination and stated he visually observed fuel tank levels before he departed. As he approached indianapolis, IN the engine lost power and he made an emergency landing in a field near metropolitan airport. The aircraft sustained minor damage and he and his passenger suffered no injuries. Investigation revealed that the tanks did contain a small amount of fuel, the airworthiness inspector at the scene observed dark spots under the area of fuel strainer privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT DEPARTED FROM ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS AIRPORT (RFD) ENROUTE TO SHELBYVILLE, INDIANA (SHB). HE PLANNED THE TRIP WITH ADEQUATE FUEL RESERVES TO HIS DESTINATION AND STATED HE VISUALLY OBSERVED FUEL TANK LEVELS BEFORE HE DEPARTED. AS HE APPROACHED INDIANAPOLIS, IN THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND HE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR METROPOLITAN AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND HE AND HIS PASSENGER SUFFERED NO INJURIES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE TANKS DID CONTAIN A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL, THE AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR AT THE SCENE OBSERVED DARK SPOTS UNDER THE AREA OF FUEL STRAINER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^