# Incident 19950108001869I: Cessna 150L, Felton, MN, January 8, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1995, 12:40 local time
- Place: Felton, MN
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0750° N, 96.5057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Felton, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0750&lon=-96.5057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6584G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6584G-2020-09-04) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 330 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950108001869I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE PRACTICING "HOOD" WORK FOR IFR RATING. DURING CRUISE IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE OIL PRESSURE HAD DROPPED. A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS MADE ON COUNTY ROAD 34, 1.5 MILES EAST OF FELLTON, MN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED, NOR WERE THERE ANY INJURIES TO EITHER OCCUPANT. TRAFFIC WAS NOT INTERRUPTED, AND NO COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED REGARDING THE AIRCRAFT'S USE OF THE ROADWAY. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED. MR. MENZE, THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT, AS WELL AS THE PILOT IN COMMAND IS A PRIVATE PILOT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED FAR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. FOLLOWING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON COUNTY ROAD 34 NEAR FELTON, MN, A AND P MECHANIC FOUND THE CLIP HOLDING THE BOOT ON ONE PUSH ROD (NUMBER ONE CYLINDER) HAD COME OFF AND ALLOWED MOST OF THE ENGINE OIL TO LEAK OUT. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS PILOT WAS QUESTIONED AND COUNSELED REGARDING COLD WEATHER OPERATIONS INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF THE ENGINE OIL BREATHER FREEZING.

## Other reports on N6584G (1)

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

- [Accident 19841120063489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841120063489A), Nov 20, 1984: Cessna 150L (N6584G), Joplin, MO, Substantial damage. Ran out of usable fuel nearing airport. Unable to make runway overran open field into trees on the forced landing.

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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