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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150J · Scottsdale, AZ · April 6, 2010

Date: April 6, 2010 · 13:00 local
Place: Scottsdale, AZ
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N51337
Reported as: Cessna 150J
Reported engine: Continental 0-200 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,500 total550 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N51337Registered now · Cessna 150JS/N 15069933 Airframe modelCessna 150J Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot was enroute from mesa (falcon field) to Scottsdale airport (sdl) and was descending to 2500 feet a.g.l. per sdl tower request to clear traffic and enter the traffic pattern. During the descent the aircraft encountered turbulence which caused the pilot to hit his head on the overhead. The aircraft doors and windows were blown open because of the turbulence. When the pilot recovered control of the aircraft he found he had descended to 2100 AGL. He then proceeded to land normally at the sdl airport. While in the traffic pattern the pilot made a request to the tower for paramedics to check him. The tower called paramedics to the aircraft after it landed. The pilot states he requested the paramedics as a precaution, and it was determined that he sustained only a bump to the head. Prior to the next flight the pilot, who is also a certificated mechanic made an inspection of the aircraft and found no visible damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM MESA (FALCON FIELD) TO SCOTTSDALE AIRPORT (SDL) AND WAS DESCENDING TO 2500 FEET A.G.L. PER SDL TOWER REQUEST TO CLEAR TRAFFIC AND ENTER THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. DURING THE DESCENT THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE WHICH CAUSED THE PILOT TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE OVERHEAD. THE AIRCRAFT DOORS AND WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OPEN BECAUSE OF THE TURBULENCE. WHEN THE PILOT RECOVERED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT HE FOUND HE HAD DESCENDED TO 2100 AGL. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND NORMALLY AT THE SDL AIRPORT. WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN THE PILOT MADE A REQUEST TO THE TOWER FOR PARAMEDICS TO CHECK HIM. THE TOWER CALLED PARAMEDICS TO THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT LANDED. THE PILOT STATES HE REQUESTED THE PARAMEDICS AS A PRECAUTION, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE SUSTAINED ONLY A BUMP TO THE HEAD.PRIOR TO THE NEXT FLIGHT THE PILOT, WHO IS ALSO A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC MADE AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

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