# Incident 19961201043199I: Cessna 150M, Houston, TX, December 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1996, 13:40 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: David Wayne Hooks Memorial Arp
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6383K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6383K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 72 total, 71 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961201043199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATEMENT; AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 FEET ON DEPARTURE FROM DWH AIRPORT (HEADING WEST), ENGINE FAILED. AFTER ATTEMPTING RESTART UNSUCCESSFULLY, I CONTACTED DWH TOWER SINCE I WAS STILL IN DWH AIRSPACE. AFTER EXPLAINING THE SITUATION TO THE TOWER I LOCATED A FIELD AT THE CORNER OF 2978 AND 2920. I THEN PROCEEDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, PROPERTY OR MYSELF. INVESTIGATOR FINDINGS; INVESTIGATION REVEALED SHORTED IGNITION SWITCH. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N6383K (1)

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

- [Accident 19791117035319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791117035319A), Nov 17, 1979: Cessna 150M (N6383K), Fort Stockton, TX, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final due to fuel exhaustion. Landed short of runway, in bushes.

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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