# Incident 20020305006349I: Cessna 150L, Salem, IN, March 5, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2002, 17:00 local time
- Place: Salem, IN
- Airport: Salem Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6041° N, 86.1523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALEM MUNI (I83), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6041&lon=-86.1523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16120, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020305006349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT MADE HARD LANDING WHILE PERFORMING TAKE-OFF AND LANDINGS AT THE SALEM, INDIANA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (I83). AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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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