# Incident 19960613013789I: Cessna 150D, Vincennes, IL, June 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1996, 13:00 local time
- Place: Vincennes, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N4559U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4559U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150D (registry code 2071810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 913 total, 250 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960613013789I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 13, 1996, AT 1300 EST, A CESSNA 150, N4559U REGISTERED TO CHARLES M. PERKINS, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE POWER LOSS IN A BEAN FIELD, 5.6 STATUTE MILES SOUTHWEST OF VINCENNES, INDIANA WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND SKIN DAMAGE NEAR THE FUSELAGE ON UPPER AND LOWER SURFACE ON LEFT WING. THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TREATED THEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FRANCISCO, IN ON APRIL 13, 1996 AT 1250 EST.

## Other reports on N4559U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930425014489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930425014489A), Apr 25, 1993: Cessna 150D (N4559U), Lake Village, IN, Substantial damage. Engine quit descending for destination. Nosed over in muddy cut cornfield. Few ounces mogas and water in tanks.

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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