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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Midland, TX · February 3, 2021

Date
February 3, 2021 · 13:28 local
Place
Midland, TX
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N50995
Reported as
Cessna 172P
Reported engine
O-360-A4m L-39764-36A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
550 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On February 3, 2021, at 1130 CDT, a Cessna 172P bearing registration number N50995, privacy data omitted landed in a field in martin county east of Midland, Texas. The aircraft was being operated on a pipeline patrolling flight. Visual meterological conditions prevailed at the time, and no VFR flight plan was filed. The aircraft suffered minor damage, and the pilot who was the only person on board was not injured. The flight originated from skywest airport (7T7) in Midland, TX on February 3, 2021 at 0745 CDT.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 3, 2021, AT 1130 CDT, A CESSNA 172P BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N50995, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED IN A FIELD IN MARTIN COUNTY EAST OF MIDLAND, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PIPELINE PATROLLING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT WHO WAS THE ONLY PERSON ON BOARD WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SKYWEST AIRPORT (7T7) IN MIDLAND, TX ON FEBRUARY 3, 2021 AT 0745 CDT.

Other reports on N50995 · 1

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