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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Dariem, GA · May 14, 1996

Date: May 14, 1996 · 13:11 local
Place: Dariem, GA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N66728
Reported as: Cessna 150M
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total

N66728Registered now · Cessna 150MS/N 15076237 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna 150M Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: interview with passenger, kevin emmerson indicates that N66728 experienced a rough engine at about the same time fuel fumes were noticed in the cockpit. Emmerson states that the pilot, jeremy morgan could not maintain altitude with the rough engine and he made the decision to land the aircraft on the island below. Morgan placed a "mayday" distress call and landed the aircraft of the beach without damage to the aircraft or injury to either the pilot or passenger. The distress call resulted in a rescue mission from hunter station being deployed which resulted in the successful pickup of both emmerson and morgan. Subsequent inspection of aircraft revealed loss of no. 1 cylinder compression due to exhaust valve soot settling into cylinder head causing loss of power. Mechanic for leading edge maintenance in new bern NC has submitted malfunction or defect report in that he has seen this problem with the 0-206A engine before. Mechanics name is tom maher.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: INTERVIEW WITH PASSENGER, KEVIN EMMERSON INDICATES THAT N66728 EXPERIENCED A ROUGH ENGINE AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME FUEL FUMES WERE NOTICED IN THE COCKPIT. EMMERSON STATES THAT THE PILOT, JEREMY MORGAN COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE WITH THE ROUGH ENGINE AND HE MADE THE DECISION TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON THE ISLAND BELOW. MORGAN PLACED A "MAYDAY" DISTRESS CALL AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT OF THE BEACH WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO EITHER THE PILOT OR PASSENGER. THE DISTRESS CALL RESULTED IN A RESCUE MISSION FROM HUNTER STATION BEING DEPLOYED WHICH RESULTED IN THE SUCCESSFUL PICKUP OF BOTH EMMERSON AND MORGAN. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT REVEALED LOSS OF NO. 1 CYLINDER COMPRESSION DUE TO EXHAUST VALVE SOOT SETTLING INTO CYLINDER HEAD CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. MECHANIC FOR LEADING EDGE MAINTENANCE IN NEW BERN NC HAS SUBMITTED MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT IN THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM WITH THE 0-206A ENGINE BEFORE. MECHANICS NAME IS TOM MAHER.