# Incident 19960525026889I: Cessna 150G, Crescent City, CA, May 25, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1996, 17:00 local time
- Place: Crescent City, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7645° N, 124.2008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crescent City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7645&lon=-124.2008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3902J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3902J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 941 total, 52 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960525026889I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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