# Incident 20100406031799I: Cessna 150J, Scottsdale, AZ, April 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51337, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51337) (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 MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 550 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100406031799I

## Narrative

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

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.

## Other reports on N51337 (1)

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

- [Incident 20220609010209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220609010209I), Jun 9, 2022: Cessna 150J (N51337), Baton Rouge, LA, Minor damage. On 6/9/2022 the aircraft departed L31 enroute to btr. Upon touchdown on runway 22L at btr, the aircraft pulled hard to the left. Pilot slowed the aircraft and…

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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