# Incident 20031120033869I: Cessna 150L, Cadillac, MI, November 20, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2003, 15:40 local time
- Place: Cadillac, MI
- Airport: Wexford County Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2753° N, 85.4189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WEXFORD COUNTY (CAD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2753&lon=-85.4189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1291Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1291Q-2013-05-09) (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: 19 total, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031120033869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 11/20/03 CESSNA 150 PILOTED BY A STUDENT PILOT WAS ENROUTING FROM TRAVERSE CITY TO SPARTA, MI ENCOUNTERED AN ENGINE POWER LOSS DURING CRUISING. THE STUDENT PILOT IS TRYING TO GET TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT WHICH IS CADILLAC AIRPORT, (CAD) IN WEXFORT COUNTY, MI. WHEN THE PILOT KNEW THAT HE MAY NOT GET TO THE CADILLAC AIRPORT, FIND A PLACE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON COUNTY ROAD 35, ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY FROM CADILLAC AIRPORT. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURY TO THE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO THE CADILLAC AIRPORT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

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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