# Incident 19960224004549I: Cessna 150L, Riverside/Rubid, CA, February 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 1996, 12:00 local time
- Place: Riverside/Rubid, CA
- Airport: Fla-Bob Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9888° N, 117.4099° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLABOB (RIR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9888&lon=-117.4099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19480, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19480) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960224004549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT KAZUHIRO OTSUKI, WAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM LONG BEACH, CA. TO BANNING, CA. MR OTSUKI STATED HE WAS CRUISING AT ABOUT 7000 MSL. AS HE PASSED FLABOB AIRPORT (RUBIDOUX, CA) THE ENGINE RPM WENT FROM CRUISING RPM TO ABOUT 1500 RPM. HE DESCENDED TO LAND WHEN ON FINAL APPROACH THE ENGINE QUIT COMPLETELY. HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE A SAFE POWER OFF LANDING. THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED ON THE GROUND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO ITS HOME BASE (LONG BEACH, CA) WITHOUT INCIDENT. 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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