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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150E · Pasadena, MD · December 31, 1983

Date
December 31, 1983 · 09:30 local
Place
Pasadena, MD
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3987U
Reported as
Cessna 150E
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
187 total187 in this make and model42 in the last 90 days

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.

Lost engine power at cruise altitude. Carburetor heat applied. Water drained from fuel system.

As the FAA filed it

LOST ENGINE POWER AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. CARBURETOR HEAT APPLIED. WATER DRAINED FROM FUEL SYSTEM.