# Incident 20000730035959I: Cessna 150F, Dodge City, KS, July 30, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2000, 13:05 local time
- Place: Dodge City, KS
- Airport: Wilroads Gardens Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7242° N, 99.9313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Wilroads Gardens Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7242&lon=-99.9313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6258R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6258R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000730035959I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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