# Incident 19990703018679I: Cessna 150L, Grand Prairie, TX, July 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1999, 11:32 local time
- Place: Grand Prairie, TX
- Airport: Grand Prairie Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6988° N, 97.0469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAND PRAIRIE MUNI (GPM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6988&lon=-97.0469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11942, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11942) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990703018679I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON JULY 3, 1999, AT 1132 A CESSNA 150-L, N11942, OWNED BY MARK HOWELL, 3122 GREAT SOUTHWEST PARKWAY, GRAND PRAIRIE TOOK OFF ON A VFR TRAINING FLIGHT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH WINDS AT 10 TO 20 KNOTS.  THE ENGINE BEGIN TO LOSE POWER AND WAS LANDED  IN A FIELD, THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE CREW MEMBERS.  THE PILOT HOLDS AIRPLANE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, AIRPORT ON JULY 3, 1999 AT 1130.

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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