# Incident 20050222002719I: Cessna 150C, Payson, AZ, February 22, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2005, 19:00 local time
- Place: Payson, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2438° N, 111.3190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Payson, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2438&lon=-111.3190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N602) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050222002719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN LANDED HIS CONVENTIONAL GEAR CE-150 ON A DIRT RUNWAY ALONG AT TYPICALLY DRY RIVER WASH. AFTER LANDING, AIRMAN TAXIED TO EAST END OF RUNWAY TO MARK POSITION ON GPS. AS AIRMAN GOT CLOSER TO THE EAST END, HE REALIZED RUNWAY SURFACE WAS SOFT IN THAT AREA DUE TO RECENT RAINS AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A 180 TURN. DURING HIS TURN HE FELT THE AIRCRAFT SINK SLOWLY INTO THE MUD AND BECOME STUCK. PRIOR TO ENGINE SHUT DOWN, AIRMAN STATES HE REALIZED THE PROP TIP MADE CONTACT WITH THE WET SURFACE. AIRMAN RETURNED THE FOLLOWING DAY WITH ASSISTANCE. THE AIRMAN WHO IS ALSO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC, DRESSED THE PROP TIP AND WITH THE HELP OF OTHERS REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE MUD AND WAS ABLE TO DEPART.

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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