# Accident 20120524010959A: Cessna 150L, Tulare, CA, May 24, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2012, 13:00 local time
- Place: Tulare, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2002° N, 119.3361° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulare, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2002&lon=-119.3361&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11428, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11428-2019-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 76 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120524010959A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 24, 2012 STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED VISALIA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (VIS) VISALIA CA AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 PDT FOR AN OVERFLIGHT OF A FIELD NEAR HIS UNINTENTIONAL OFF FIELD LANDING SITE.  HE CARRIED HIS DAUGHTER ON BOARD FOR THIS FLIGHT.  HE STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE SPUTTER AND ELECTED TO LAND IN AN ALFALFA FIELD AS A PRECAUTION INSTEAD OF RETURNING TO VISALIA AIRPORT.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN IN THE FIELD THE GROUND WAS SOFT FROM IRRIGATION AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER WHEN IT DUG INTO THE SURFACE.THE AIRCRAFT ENDED UP UPSIDE DOWN IN THE FIELD.   ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT HAVE HIS STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE IN HIS POSSESSION WHILE FLYING AND DID NOT HAVE HIS PERSONAL  LOGBOOK.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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