# Incident 19950930040959I: Cessna 150G, Fishers, IN, September 30, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1995, 14:30 local time
- Place: Fishers, IN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9556° N, 86.0139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fishers, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9556&lon=-86.0139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3227J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3227J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950930040959I

## Narrative

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

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^

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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