# Incident 19961115043569I: Cessna 150H, Braithwaite, LA, November 15, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1996, 16:00 local time
- Place: Braithwaite, LA
- Airport: Braithwaite Aprk Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8663° N, 89.9437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Braithwaite, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8663&lon=-89.9437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N567G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N567G-2007-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,137 total, 310 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961115043569I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED ENGINE ROUGHNESS. HE ATTEMPTED TO PULL THE CARB HEAT WITH NO SUCCESS. THE ENGINE STUTTERED AND EXPERIENCED LOSS OF RPM. THE AIRCRAFT LATER GAINED RPM SO THE PILOT TRIED TO MAKE THE AIRPORT BUT DECIDED TO LAND ON THE GOLF COURSE FAIRWAY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENGINE WAS STOPPED DURING LANDING. THE GOLF COURSE TEE BOX WAS STRUCK BY THE AIRCRAFT, BROKE OUT NOSE STRUT, ONE END OF BLADE WAS BENT BACK, AND THE RIGHT OUTBOARD WING PANEL WAS CRINKLED. THE IMPACT BROKE THE INTAKE PIPER WHERE CARB WAS ATTACHED. AUTO GAS WAS BEING BURNED. FOUR GALLONS OF FUEL DRAINED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK STATES THAT 3.5 GALLONS UNUSABLE. NO WATER OR CONTAMINATION WAS VISIBLE. ACTUAL FUEL LOADED WAS INDETERMINABLE DUE TO NO RECORDS OF FLIGHT TIME AND FUELING. OWNER STATED THAT HE FUELED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THREE FIVE-GALLON CANS. HE HAD APPROXIMATELY THREE GALLONS LEFT IN ONE OF THE CANS. THE OWNER FLEW FOR APPROXIMATELY .7 HOURS THEN LANDED AND POURED THE REMAINING 3 GALLONS INTO THE AIRCRAFT. THE OWNER AGAIN FLEW ANOTHER 1.7 HOURS BEFORE THE INCIDENT FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED BY ANOTHER PILOT.

## Other reports on N567G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19981128046919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981128046919A), Nov 28, 1998: Cessna 150H (N567G), Braithwaite, LA, No damage. (-23) Operations inspector clyde b. o'neill interviewed jeffrey fletcher (PIC) and david junker (private pilot) on 12/28/98, at the Braithwaite airport (LA75).…

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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