# Incident 19850504025019I: Cessna 150L, Alexander, ME, May 4, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1985, 14:40 local time
- Place: Alexander, ME
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0887° N, 67.4683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alexander, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0887&lon=-67.4683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18147, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18147-2014-09-10) (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: 354 total, 340 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850504025019I

## Narrative

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

NOISE FROM ENGINE IN CRUISE. ENGINE QUIT, LANDED IN FIELD. FAILED INTAKE VALVE.

## Other reports on N18147 (2)

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

- [Accident 19900820034319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900820034319A), Aug 20, 1990: Cessna 150L (N18147), Norfolk, MA, Substantial damage. While making a go-around aircraft failed to climb. Impacted trees. Landed in field. Landing downwind.
- [Accident 19740924032959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740924032959A), Sep 24, 1974: Cessna 150L (N18147), Old Town, ME, Substantial damage. Ran off end of runway into rough terrain,collapsed nose landing gear. Gravel overrun.

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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