# Accident 20171126022509A: Cessna 150F, Midland, TX, November 26, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 2017, 09:12 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.0367° N, 102.1017° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0367&lon=-102.1017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8637S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8637S-2019-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 65 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171126022509A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 26, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 0912 CST, N8637S, A 1965 CESSNA CE-150-F MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER LOSING OIL PRESSURE.  THE SINGLE ENGINE LAND AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM MIDLAND, TEXAS TO SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, AND RETURNING TO MIDLAND AIRPARK.  THE STUDENT PILOT OBSERVED THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPING AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH MIDLAND AIR TRAFFIC APPROACH CONTROL (ATC) AND ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO MIDLAND AIRPARK.  THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 16 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF MIDLAND AIRPARK BEARING 109 DEGREES.  THE AIRPLANE STRUCK POWER LINES AND MESQUITE TREES WHILE LANDING.  THE FLIGHT WAS VFR AND OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 USC PART 91.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE STUDENT PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD AND WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MIDLAND AIRPARK (KMDD), AT 0900 LOCAL TIME ON NOVEMBER 26, 2017.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN18LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA040), Nov 26, 2017: Cessna 150F (N8637S), Midland, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper installation of the generator by unknown personnel, which resulted in a loss of oil and subsequent engine failure.

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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