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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150J · Ehrhardt, SC · July 15, 1997

Date: July 15, 1997 · 14:00 local
Place: Ehrhardt, SC
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N61095
Reported as: Cessna 150J
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 80 total20 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N61095Registration cancelled May 15, 2017 · Cessna 150JS/N 15070796 · Built 1969 Airframe modelCessna 150J Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: the pilot reported that 15 minutes after takeoff he smelled something burning. He could not identify what was burning by its smell. There was no smoke inside or outside the aircraft. The smell made him dizzy and weak in the legs. An off-airport emergency landing was attempted in a corn field that had a thick grove of pine trees on the northwest border. The aircraft settled in the corn, became airborne again, and came to rest in the top of the pine trees. The pilot was unhurt, and the aircraft had minor damage. Note: the sky was hazy, and the temperature was above 90 degrees. There was a controlled burn that day in the area of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT REPORTED THAT 15 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF HE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY WHAT WAS BURNING BY ITS SMELL. THERE WAS NO SMOKE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT. THE SMELL MADE HIM DIZZY AND WEAK IN THE LEGS. AN OFF-AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED IN A CORN FIELD THAT HAD A THICK GROVE OF PINE TREES ON THE NORTHWEST BORDER. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED IN THE CORN, BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN, AND CAME TO REST IN THE TOP OF THE PINE TREES. THE PILOT WAS UNHURT, AND THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE. NOTE: THE SKY WAS HAZY, AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE 90 DEGREES. THERE WAS A CONTROLLED BURN THAT DAY IN THE AREA OF THE INCIDENT.