20050420008149I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150C · Augusta, GA · April 20, 2005

Date
April 20, 2005 · 11:18 local
Place
Augusta, GA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7935Z
Reported as
Cessna 150C
Reported engine
AMTR O200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,519 total1,774 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted landed his airplane on Washington rd. in Augusta ga. In one statement the pilot privacy data omitted stated he was having mechanical problems with the airplane. During an interview with FAA inspectors he said that he landed due to turbulence he encountered below 100 feet. Witnesses at the scene stated that the pilot privacy data omitted seemed disoriented and confused. An employee of daniel field where the pilot privacy data omitted had departed from before his landing on Washington rd. said that he had landed at daniel field twice that morning. The second time that he landed there he had been flying very low over the field. After landing he came inside and purchased a road map. He said that he had been flying in the area all his life but could not remember how to get home. It was soon after this conversation the pilot privacy data omitted took off from daniel field and landed on Washington rd.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ LANDED HIS AIRPLANE ON WASHINGTON RD. IN AUGUSTA GA. IN ONE STATEMENT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ STATED HE WAS HAVING MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRPLANE. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH FAA INSPECTORS HE SAID THAT HE LANDED DUE TO TURBULENCE HE ENCOUNTERED BELOW 100 FEET. WITNESSES AT THE SCENE STATED THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ SEEMED DISORIENTED AND CONFUSED. AN EMPLOYEE OF DANIEL FIELD WHERE THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ HAD DEPARTED FROM BEFORE HIS LANDING ON WASHINGTON RD. SAID THAT HE HAD LANDED AT DANIEL FIELD TWICE THAT MORNING. THE SECOND TIME THAT HE LANDED THERE HE HAD BEEN FLYING VERY LOW OVER THE FIELD. AFTER LANDING HE CAME INSIDE AND PURCHASED A ROAD MAP. HE SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN FLYING IN THE AREA ALL HIS LIFE BUT COULD NOT REMEMBER HOW TO GET HOME. IT WAS SOON AFTER THIS CONVERSATION THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ TOOK OFF FROM DANIEL FIELD AND LANDED ON WASHINGTON RD.