# Incident 19960129002999I: Cessna 150L, Banning, CA, January 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 1996, 18:30 local time
- Place: Banning, CA
- Airport: Banning Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9226° N, 116.8510° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANNING MUNI (BNG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9226&lon=-116.8510&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18023, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18023) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 52 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960129002999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT 7500 FT. ENROUTE FROM FULLERTON AIRPORT TO LAKE HAVASU IN THE BANNING PASS AREA THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH WITH A SLIGHT DROP IN RPM. THE PILOT HAD JUST SWITCHED RADIO CONTACT FROM ONTARIO APPROACH TO PALM SPRINGS WHEN THE CONDITION STARTED. HE STATED HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT AND INCREASED SLIGHTLY THE MIXTURE BUT THE CONDITION WORSENED. HE NOTIFIED PALM SPRINGS OF HIS PROBLEMS AND HIS INTENT TO LAND AT THE BANNING AIRPORT. BY THE TIME THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO 5000 FT. THE PROBLEM HAD COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED BUT HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ANYWAY. ONCE ON THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND GROUND RUNS ACCOMPLISHED WITH NO NOTED PROBLEMS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DEPARTED THE BANNING AIRPORT FOR LAKE HAVASU BUT AT THE 5500 FT LEVEL THE PILOT SAID HE THOUGHT THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN A LITTLE ROUGH AGAIN SO HE LANDED SAFELY AT PALM SPRINGS. THE NEXT MORNING AFTER INSPECTING THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND ONCE AGAIN DOING GROUND RUNS WITH NO PROBLEMS FOUND, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PALM SPRINGS AND FLEW DIRECT TO LAKE HAVASU WITH NO FURTHER ENGINE PROBLEMS. THE PILOT STATED THAT IT WAS CARBURETOR ICING THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH BUT IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY HE DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS NO AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. THERE WAS NO PILOT DEVIATION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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