# Incident 20020121002479I: Cessna 150M, Willis, TX, January 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 2002, 17:20 local time
- Place: Willis, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4342° N, 95.4842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Willis, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4342&lon=-95.4842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66273, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66273) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020121002479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 21, 2002, AT 17:20 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 150 AIRPLANE, N66273, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE WEST OF WILLIS, TX. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO CHARLES E. MARICLE AND OPERATED BY THE STUDENT PILOT. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CLOVER FIELD, HOUSTON, TX. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON THE LAST LEG OF A FOUR LEG VFR SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. HE DEPARTED BREHNAM, TX. ENROUTE TO HIS DESTINATION OF CLOVER FIELD. THE PILTO STATED HE DID NOT SEE HIS NEXT VISUAL CHECK POINT AND HE ALSO THOUGH HIS FUEL WAS GETTING LOW SO HE DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE FIELD WAS NOT AS SMOOTH AS HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AND DURING THE LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE STUDENT PILOT.

## Other reports on N66273 (1)

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

- [Incident 19840623046999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840623046999I), Jun 23, 1984: Cessna 150C (N66273), Coushatta, LA, Minor damage. Bounced and nosed up on landing. Student off course landed at an unscheduled airport.

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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