# Incident 19960220022439I: Cessna 150L, Benton, AR, February 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 1996, 22:00 local time
- Place: Benton, AR
- Airport: Saline County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5904° N, 92.4794° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINE COUNTY RGNL (SUZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5904&lon=-92.4794&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6762G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6762G-2006-05-15) (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: 250 total, 124 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960220022439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. RICHARDSON STATED THAT IT HAD BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS SINCE HE WAS NIGHT CURRENT. HE WENT TO THE BENTON AIRPORT TO PRACTICE AND GET NIGHT CURRENT. DURING THE FIRST APPROACH TO LANDING, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FLICKERED AND WENT OUT. HE REACHED DOWN TO GET HIS FLASHLIGHT AND IN THE PROCESS, THE MICROPHONE FELL ON THE FLOOR. IN THE TIME IT TOOK TO RECOVER THE FLASHLIGHT AND MICROPHONE, HE REALIZED HE HAD GOTTEN LOW ON HIS APPROACH. HE THEN ADDED POWER TO ARREST HIS DESCENT, AND EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL UNTIL HE FELT SOMETHING HIT WHAT FELT LIKE THE LANDING GEAR. HE THEN ADDED CLIMB POWER TO GO AROUND AND RETURNED FOR A NORMAL LANDING. POST LANDING INSPECTION SHOWED MINOR WING SKIN, LANDING GEAR, STRUT FAIRING AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SKIN DAMAGE. MR. RICHARDSON HAS SINCE RECEIVED DUAL INSTRUCTION FROM A DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER IN THE PRECAUTIONS AND PROCEDURES OF NIGHT FLYING.

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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