# Incident 20051201033479I: Cessna 150M, Ashville, OH, December 1, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2005, 12:30 local time
- Place: Ashville, OH
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7251° N, 82.9553° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7251&lon=-82.9553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704XL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704XL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 40 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051201033479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 27, 2005, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ RENTED N704XL FROM FAIRFIELD AIRVENTURES, LOCATED AT FAIRFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT, LANCASTER, OHIO, WHERE THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ WAS A STUDENT PILOT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ WAS SIGNED OFF TO MAKE REPEATING SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHTS FROM LANCASTER, OHIO, TO THE CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO, AIRPORT. WHILE ON HIS CROSS COUNTRY, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 PM, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ BUZZED THE LOGAN ELM HIGH SCHOOL, FLYING OVER THE HIGH SCHOOL AT A VERY LOW ALTITUDE, CUTTING HIS ENGINE IN AND OUT TO THE POINT THAT THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO CRASH INTO THE SCHOOL BUILDING. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^ WHEN ON HIS RETURN TO FAIRFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT, WAS ASKED BY THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT MANAGER HOW LOW HE WAS WHEN FLYING OVER THE HIGH SCHOOL? HE ANSWERED HE THOUGHT HE WAS AROUND 500 FEET. THIS OFFICE RECEIVED A WRITTEN LETTER OF COMPLAINT FROM TH E FAIRFIELD COUNTY AIRPORT MANAGER CONCERNING THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DAT^ ACTIONS, ALONG WITH SEVERAL STATEMENTS FROM EYE WITNESSES, WHO WERE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL ON A LUNCH BREAK, AND OBSERVED THE ACTIONS OF THE PILOT ^PRIVACY D^.

## Other reports on N704XL (1)

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

- [Incident 19781004031079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781004031079I), Oct 4, 1978: Cessna 150 (N704XL), Bedford, IN, Minor damage. Student continued flight to fuel exhaustion. Flight instructor had checked the flight plan.

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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