19960117003179I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150L · Santa Monica, CA · January 17, 1996

Date: January 17, 1996 · 07:47 local
Place: Santa Monica, CA
Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N10741
Reported as: Cessna 150L
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 35 total

N10741Registered now · Cessna 150LS/N 15074998 · Built 1973 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.

Narrative: during my interview with student pilot Mr. Haile a. gabourel on 01/17/96 privacy data omitted with the weather at smo being 3 miles in haze, he stated that he saw the area around the airport but never the runway until a helicopter got his attention and he then followed the helicopter to final of runway 21. At this time he stated he started his descent and the tower cleared him to land. Mr. Gabourel was then told that his mode c was inoperative. He told me that he told the owner about the mode c and the radio problems.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING MY INTERVIEW WITH STUDENT PILOT MR. HAILE A. GABOUREL ON 01/17/96 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH THE WEATHER AT SMO BEING 3 MILES IN HAZE, HE STATED THAT HE SAW THE AREA AROUND THE AIRPORT BUT NEVER THE RUNWAY UNTIL A HELICOPTER GOT HIS ATTENTION AND HE THEN FOLLOWED THE HELICOPTER TO FINAL OF RUNWAY 21. AT THIS TIME HE STATED HE STARTED HIS DESCENT AND THE TOWER CLEARED HIM TO LAND. MR. GABOUREL WAS THEN TOLD THAT HIS MODE C WAS INOPERATIVE. HE TOLD ME THAT HE TOLD THE OWNER ABOUT THE MODE C AND THE RADIO PROBLEMS.