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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150J · Heltonville, IN · April 7, 1979

Date: April 7, 1979 · 11:45 local
Place: Heltonville, IN
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N51186
Reported as: Cessna 150J
Reported engine: Continental O200A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 50 total50 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N51186Registered now · Cessna 150JS/N 15069825 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 150J Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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.

Engine ran rough, then stopped with a bang. Hole in the crankcase.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE RAN ROUGH, THEN STOPPED WITH A BANG. HOLE IN THE CRANKCASE.