# Incident 19780319009129I: Cessna 150L, St Cloud, MN, March 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 1978, 18:15 local time
- Place: St Cloud, MN
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5608° N, 94.1625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Cloud, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5608&lon=-94.1625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18031, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18031-2013-01-31) (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 O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 120 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780319009129I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED WHEN CARBURETOR HEAT APPLIED FOR LANDING. ENGINE STARTED AFTER LANDING. OPERATED NORMALLY.

## Other reports on N18031 (3)

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

- [Accident 19971214040629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971214040629A), Dec 14, 1997: Cessna 150M (N18031), Litchfield, MN, Substantial damage. Narrative: on landing, pilot bounced aircraft, drifted left hitting two trees and then landed on a frozen pond. Bounced once and came to rest 30 feet later.…
- [Incident 19930420018299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930420018299I), Apr 20, 1993: Cessna 150L (N18031), Litchfield, MN, Minor damage. Student pilot made a hard landing. Bounced and nose gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19860815051159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860815051159I), Aug 15, 1986: Cessna 150L (N18031), Brooklyn Pakr, MN. Forced landing after engine quit on training flight. Cause undetermined.

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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