# Incident 19941026040109I: Cessna 150M, St Louis, MO, October 26, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1994, 17:00 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6501° N, 90.5802° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6501&lon=-90.5802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7XC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95IA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95IA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941026040109I

## Narrative

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

ODD SMELL. BECAME ILL AND NAUSEUS. RETURNED TO BASE. DISCOVERED OVERHAULED MUFFLER CRACKED. CARBON MONOXIDE CAUSE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI95IA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95IA030), Oct 26, 1994: Cessna 150 (N7XC), Chesterfield, MO, incident, no damage. Probable cause: the cracked heater exhaust muffler which resulted from an improper repair. Factors were the physical impairment of the solo flight student as a result of her inadequate training concerning carbon…

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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