# Incident 19960514019249I: Cessna 150M, Dariem, GA, May 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1996, 13:11 local time
- Place: Dariem, GA
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N66728, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960514019249I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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