# Incident 19960904032089I: Cessna 150G, Ypsilanti, MI, September 4, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1996, 17:25 local time
- Place: Ypsilanti, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2444° N, 83.6212° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ypsilanti, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2444&lon=-83.6212&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2636J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2636J) (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: 105 total, 104 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960904032089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AT 2000 FEET AGL, 4 TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLOW RUN AIRPORT (YIP) ENGINE LOST POWER, CARB HEAT, MIXTURE HAD NO EFFECT. LANDED IN A CORNFIELD (APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE NW OF THE GEDDES RD & HARRIS ROAD INTERSECTION. NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED. NUMBER 4 CYLINDER WAS FOUND TO HAVE A BROKEN EXHAUST ROCKER ARM.

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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