# Incident 19960117003179I: Cessna 150L, Santa Monica, CA, January 17, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1996, 07:47 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10741, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10741) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960117003179I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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