# Incident 20020212008369I: Cessna 150C, Dodgecity, KS, February 12, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2002, 12:55 local time
- Place: Dodgecity, KS
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7607° N, 100.0184° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dodge City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7607&lon=-100.0184&mi=10
- Aircraft: N150C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N150C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150C (registry code 2071808, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150C
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Pilot flight hours: 9,400 total, 500 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020212008369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, AT 0945 CT. ENTIRE FLIGHT WAS AT CRUISE ALTITUDE OF 9500 AT 60% POWER WITH MIXTURE LEANED. PILOT HAD RECEIVED WEATHER BRIEFING FROM HURON FLIGHT SERVICE PRIOR TO DEPARTURE AND WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN. PILOT RECEIVED ENROUTE WEATHER UPDATES FROM FLIGHT SERVICE. PILOT STARTED DESCENT 30 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY, KANSAS. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH DURING THE DESCENT AND PILOT OPTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A PASTURE 4 MILES NORTH OF DODGE CITY AIRPORT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. FUEL TANKS WERE DIPPED. ACTUAL ESTIMATES OF FUEL ON BOARD VARY BETWEEN WITNESSES, BUT ALL AGREE THERE WAS 1 OR MORE INCHES IN THE LEFT TANK AND 1/2 INCH OR LESS IN THE RIGHT TANK. APPROXIMATELY 5 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE THE PUMPED INTO EACH TANK. THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN FLOWN TO THE DODGE CITY AIRPORT UNEVENTFULLY.

## Other reports on N150C (1)

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

- [Incident 19830630037249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830630037249I), Jun 30, 1983: Cessna 150C (N150C), Billings, MT, Minor damage. Instructor allowed student to land short of runway without taking appropriate action.

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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