# Incident 19980117002639I: Cessna 150K, Minot, ND, January 17, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1998, 17:10 local time
- Place: Minot, ND
- Airport: Minot International
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2576° N, 101.2780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINOT INTL (MOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2576&lon=-101.2780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N562GS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N562GS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 57 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980117002639I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 17, 1998, AT 1710, CST A CESSNA 150K, N562GS, MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER THE ENGINE LOST POWER, WHILE PRACTICING SLOW SPEED FLIGHT. THE EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD 10 MILES SOUTH OF MINOT, ND. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM PIETSCH FLYING INC. MINOT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MINOT, ND. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE FLIGHT. SUBSEQUENT AIRCRAFT/ENGINE INSPECTION CONDUCTED BY CERTIFICATED PERSONNEL WHICH ALSO CONDUCTED APPROPRIATE GROUND CHECKS. TEST FLIGHT WAS ALSO CONDUCTED TO TRY TO DUPLICATE CONDITIONS. THESE SUBSEQUENT INSPECTIONS AND TEST FLIGHT FAILED TO SHOW/DUPLICATE ANY ABNORMALITIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT OR OPERATION.

## Other reports on N562GS (1)

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

- [Accident 20001118040039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001118040039A), Nov 18, 2000: Cessna 150K (N562GS), Minot, ND, No damage. (-23)On November 18, 2000 at 305PM local time N562GS a C-150 operated by a commerical pilot sustained substantial damage after the wind blew it off the taxiway…

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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