# Incident 19951216046019I: Cessna 150G, Marion, IA, December 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1995, 10:30 local time
- Place: Marion, IA
- Airport: Marion Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0298° N, 91.5317° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARION (C17), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0298&lon=-91.5317&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3824J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3824J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 80 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951216046019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 12/16/95, AT APPROXIMATELY 09:30 CST, N3824J DEPARTED THE MARION AIRPORT, MARION, IOWA (C17) ENROUTE TO PRAIRIE DU CHEIN, WI (PDC). DURING THE CLIMB AT 3,000 FT. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND OPERATE ROUGHLY. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS USED AND THE MIXTURE WAS ADJUSTED BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO OPERATE AT MAXIMUM POWER OF 1000RPM. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RETURN TO THE MARION AIRPORT, BUT WAS FORCED TO LAND ON A ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. A VISUAL INSPECTION WAS MADE BY THE OWNER, PERRY WALTON, WHO REPORTED THAT THE FUEL WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH BELOW FULL TANKS. AN INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE INTAKE VALVES ON TWO CYLINDERS WERE STICKING OPEN. THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE RECORDS WERE INSPECTED AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED A LARGE BLACK STAIN ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT AFT OF THE EXHAUST STACK INDICATING POOR COMBUSTION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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