# Incident 19970308007899I: Cessna 150D, Mount Vernon, WA, March 8, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1997, 23:00 local time
- Place: Mount Vernon, WA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4171° N, 122.3118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Vernon, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4171&lon=-122.3118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4100U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4100U-2014-10-06) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 196 total, 90 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970308007899I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 8, 1997, GEORGE HAMMER DEPARTED AUBURN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (S50), WA., ENROUTE TO HARVEY FIELD, (S43), SNOHOMISH, WA. AT APPROXIMATELY 2215 PST. THE GENERATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED 5 MINUTES AFTER TAKE OFF. NOT BEING TOO CONCERNED WITH THE GENERATOR LIGHT, HE CONTINUED ON THE FLIGHT, AND HE SOON REALIZED THE RADIO, VOR, AND FUEL GAUGE AS BEING INOPERATIVE. HE CONCLUDED HE WAS LOST, PICKED A STRAIGHT ROAD AND LANDED ON SOUTH BOUND INTERSTATE 5, APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 MILES SOUTH OF MT. VERNON, WA. LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL, NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR PILOT OR ANY OTHER PERSONS OR PROPERTY. WASHINGTON STATE POLICE SOON ARRIVED AND HAD MR. HAMMER TAXI TO BARKER FIELD (OS4), NEAR MT. VERNON, WA. ON MARCH 11, 1997, DWIGHT LARSON, A&P #474536690, CHECKED THE GENERATOR SYSTEM AND FOUND A BLOWN FUSE, REPLACED FUSE, AND RAN AIRCRAFT ENGINE WITH ALL ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ON, GENERATOR SYSTEM OUTPUT CHECKED OKAY. MICHAEL CROWELL, CFR #51772771, PERFORMED FLIGHT EVALUATION WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N4100U (1)

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

- [Accident 19970406004912A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970406004912A), Apr 6, 1997: Cessna 150D (N4100U), Arlington, WA, Destroyed. Solo flight, vertical stabilizer was hit by N45WA which was landing. Flipped over and crashed on runway. (.4) the solo student pilot of a Cessna taxied onto…

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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