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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Friendswood, TX · October 30, 2001

Date
October 30, 2001 · 16:45 local
Place
Friendswood, TX
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N8994U
Reported as
Cessna 150M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
51 total51 in this make and model19 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) Police reports showed that eyewitnesses reported that an aircraft flew very low over two high school football stadiums during intramural scrimmages when fewer than two hundred persons were present at each location. Eyewitness reports gave the aircraft's altitude as low as 150 feet to about 1,000 feet, however an analysis of the ntap data shows the aircraft's altitude was mostly 900 feet MSL in an area where the ground elevation is less than 100 feet MSL. During interviews, the 17 year old pilot and his 17 year old passenger reported that they did fly over the two stadiums at about 1,000 feet MSL and that they dropped a few rolls of toilet paper out of the aircraft. Police reports show that responding emergency personnel recovered "paper towels" no closer than 500 feet from the stadiums. There was no damage to property and no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) POLICE REPORTS SHOWED THAT EYEWITNESSES REPORTED THAT AN AIRCRAFT FLEW VERY LOW OVER TWO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUMS DURING INTRAMURAL SCRIMMAGES WHEN FEWER THAN TWO HUNDRED PERSONS WERE PRESENT AT EACH LOCATION. EYEWITNESS REPORTS GAVE THE AIRCRAFT'S ALTITUDE AS LOW AS 150 FEET TO ABOUT 1,000 FEET, HOWEVER AN ANALYSIS OF THE NTAP DATA SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT'S ALTITUDE WAS MOSTLY 900 FEET MSL IN AN AREA WHERE THE GROUND ELEVATION IS LESS THAN 100 FEET MSL. DURING INTERVIEWS, THE 17 YEAR OLD PILOT AND HIS 17 YEAR OLD PASSENGER REPORTED THAT THEY DID FLY OVER THE TWO STADIUMS AT ABOUT 1,000 FEET MSL AND THAT THEY DROPPED A FEW ROLLS OF TOILET PAPER OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. POLICE REPORTS SHOW THAT RESPONDING EMERGENCY PERSONNEL RECOVERED "PAPER TOWELS" NO CLOSER THAN 500 FEET FROM THE STADIUMS. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND NO INJURIES.

Other reports on N8994U · 1

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