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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150G · Crescent City, CA · May 25, 1996

Date: May 25, 1996 · 17:00 local
Place: Crescent City, CA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3902J
Reported as: Cessna 150G
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 941 total52 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N3902JRegistered now · Cessna 150GS/N 15065202 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 150G 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: pilot states that he departed eureka around 1500 pm local time. The flight was uneventful until the engine started to "lose power." This took the form of the engine RPM decreasing to 1500 RPM. He applied carb. Heat which did not help. He then located a place to land. The landing area was a paved road in a deserted development. The mechanic who recovered the aircraft said that #3 piston showed damage consistent with a broken valve. At this time no work has been done due to an insurance problem.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATES THAT HE DEPARTED EUREKA AROUND 1500 PM LOCAL TIME. THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL THE ENGINE STARTED TO "LOSE POWER." THIS TOOK THE FORM OF THE ENGINE RPM DECREASING TO 1500 RPM. HE APPLIED CARB. HEAT WHICH DID NOT HELP. HE THEN LOCATED A PLACE TO LAND. THE LANDING AREA WAS A PAVED ROAD IN A DESERTED DEVELOPMENT. THE MECHANIC WHO RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT SAID THAT #3 PISTON SHOWED DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH A BROKEN VALVE. AT THIS TIME NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE DUE TO AN INSURANCE PROBLEM.