# Incident 19960629024209I: Cessna 150L, Iraan, TX, June 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1996, 18:15 local time
- Place: Iraan, TX
- Airport: Iraan Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9062° N, 101.8898° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IRAAN MUNI (2F0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9062&lon=-101.8898&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7787G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7787G-2013-05-09) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960629024209I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON A FLIGHT FROM EL PASO, TEXAS TO HOUSTON, TEXAS THE CRUISE FLIGHT WAS AT 7700' ENGINE DEVELOPED A LOSS OF POWER. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT THE IRAAN AIRPORT. THE ENGINE THEN STARTED SURGING AND PILOT COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT. PILOT LANDED IN FIELD STRIKING SOME TREES. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES TO PILOT. NO FIRE, NO N.M.A.C. M OR D REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

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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