# Incident 20210203009079I: Cessna 172P, Midland, TX, February 3, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 2021, 13:28 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50995, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50995-2022-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: O-360-A4M L-39764-36A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210203009079I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19960808032319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960808032319I), Aug 8, 1996: Cessna 172P (N50995), Schenectady, NY. Narrative: pilot was given clearance to taxi to intersection of runways 4 & 15 for a runway 4 departure. Pilot taxied onto runway (22) without clearance at…

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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