# Incident 20031003028739I: Cessna 150G, Wickenburg, AZ, October 3, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 2003, 16:11 local time
- Place: Wickenburg, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9858° N, 112.7683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wickenburg, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9858&lon=-112.7683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3491J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3491J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 80 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031003028739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENROUTE FROM GLENDALE (GEU), AZ TO WICKENBURG (E25), AZ THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND ENGINE RPM STABILIZED @ 2300 @ 3500 FT (MSL). THE PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING @ AUX #2, AN AUXILLARY FIELD (WEEDED OVER) SOMETIMES USED BY LUKE AFB. WITH LUKE TOWER ON THE RADIO THE PILOT MANEUVERED FOR THE LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN THE L/H WING TIP CONTACTING A MESQUITE TREE SCRAPING THE L/H GEAR AND DAMAGING THE PROPELLER. COMING TO REST (UPRIGHT), THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR HIS ONLY PASSENGER, HIS YOUNG (8 YRS. OLD) SON.

## Other reports on N3491J (1)

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

- [Incident 19800707077569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800707077569I), Jul 7, 1980: Cessna 150 (N3491J), Twin Falls, ID, Minor damage. Student without instructors endorsement landed downwind. Plane went up on nose.

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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