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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150F · Dodge City, KS · July 30, 2000

Date
July 30, 2000 · 13:05 local
Place
Dodge City, KS
Airport
Wilroads Gardens Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6258R
Reported as
Cessna 150F
Reported engine
Continental O200A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total50 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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.

(-23)On 7/30/00 a Cessna 150F operated by privacy data omitted departed Wilroads garden airport (9K1) at Dodge City KS at approximately 1230 pm. Shortly after takeoff the aircraft lost power and the pilot made an emergency landing in a corn field approximately 3 miles south of Dodge City, KS. The pilot received minor injuries & the plane sustained minor damage. privacy data omitted Was solo at the time of the incident. The initial investigation revealed the right wing tank was found to be contaminated with water and the airman did not have a current medical certificate nor was biannual flight review current.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)ON 7/30/00 A CESSNA 150F OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED WILROADS GARDEN AIRPORT (9K1) AT DODGE CITY KS AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 PM. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTH OF DODGE CITY, KS. THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES & THE PLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS SOLO AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT WING TANK WAS FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH WATER AND THE AIRMAN DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE NOR WAS BIANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW CURRENT.