# Incident 20050925023759I: Cessna 150J, Schulenburg, TX, September 25, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2005, 16:15 local time
- Place: Schulenburg, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6820° N, 96.9075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Schulenburg, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6820&lon=-96.9075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5579G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5579G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 550 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050925023759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2005, 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, AIRCRAFT N5579G, A CESSNA 150, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NORTH OF SCHULENBURG, TX. WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING THE ENGINE POP AND THEN THE ENGINE QUIT. HE ACCOMPLISHED A FORCED LANDING INTO A FIELD WITH NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT.

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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