19940128003249I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Ft Leavenworth, KS · January 28, 1994

Date: January 28, 1994 · 15:30 local
Place: Ft Leavenworth, KS
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N704DU
Reported as: Cessna 150M
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,000 total1,000 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N704DURegistered now · Cessna 150MS/N 15078536 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 150M 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.

Narrative: on January 28, 1994, at 1500CT, Mr. Russell hill, an instructor pilot and a student took off from sherman-potter airport (flv) in a Cessna 150M, N704DU. Thirty minutes after take-off, during normal level flight the engine started to lose power. Pilot was unable to regain power and elected to make an off field landing in a wheat field 10 miles north west of flv. Aircraft landed without further incident. Pilot had mechanic from flv look at aircraft and found an exhaust valve rocker arm broken on the #2 cylinder. Rocker arm was replaced by mechanic, aircraft operationally checked and released for flight by mechanic. Aircraft took off from wheat field and returned to fly with out further incident. Next annual inspection due 09-94. ELT due 02-95 ELT installed but did not activate 100:00 inspection due at 3935:0 aircraft time: 3853:0 engine time since last overhaul 18:00 hours. M or d being submitted by terry martin, IA located at flv. Kansas city FSDO incident #CE94IGA0032.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 28, 1994, AT 1500CT, MR. RUSSELL HILL, AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND A STUDENT TOOK OFF FROM SHERMAN-POTTER AIRPORT (FLV) IN A CESSNA 150M, N704DU. THIRTY MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF, DURING NORMAL LEVEL FLIGHT THE ENGINE STARTED TO LOSE POWER. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN POWER AND ELECTED TO MAKE AN OFF FIELD LANDING IN A WHEAT FIELD 10 MILES NORTH WEST OF FLV. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. PILOT HAD MECHANIC FROM FLV LOOK AT AIRCRAFT AND FOUND AN EXHAUST VALVE ROCKER ARM BROKEN ON THE #2 CYLINDER. ROCKER ARM WAS REPLACED BY MECHANIC, AIRCRAFT OPERATIONALLY CHECKED AND RELEASED FOR FLIGHT BY MECHANIC. AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM WHEAT FIELD AND RETURNED TO FLY WITH OUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NEXT ANNUAL INSPECTION DUE 09-94. ELT DUE 02-95 ELT INSTALLED BUT DID NOT ACTIVATE 100:00 INSPECTION DUE AT 3935:0 AIRCRAFT TIME: 3853:0 ENGINE TIME SINCE LAST OVERHAUL 18:00 HOURS. M OR D BEING SUBMITTED BY TERRY MARTIN, IA LOCATED AT FLV. KANSAS CITY FSDO INCIDENT #CE94IGA0032.