# Incident 19950103005519I: Cessna A150K, Shelton, CT, January 3, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1995, 16:03 local time
- Place: Shelton, CT
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3046° N, 73.1392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shelton, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3046&lon=-73.1392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8451M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8451M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150K (registry code 2071824, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950103005519I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE RPM/POWER UNTIL THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND IN A NEARBY FIELD. THE ENGINE QUIT ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE FIELD. CARB ICE WAS RULED OUT BY THE PILOT/INSTRUCTOR. CARB WAS REMOVED & DISASSEMBLED. NO PROBLEM WAS APPARENT. TANKS WERE CHECKED FOR WATER. ANOTHER CARB WAS INSTALLED AND THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NO FURTHER ACTION IS SCHEDULED.

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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