19970128006809I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150L · Bedford, KY · January 28, 1997

Date
January 28, 1997 · 15:45 local
Place
Bedford, KY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N18135
Reported as
Cessna 150L
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,141 total294 in this make and model112 in the last 90 days

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: engine lost power during student pilot cross country flight with instructor. Application of carburetor heat provided temporary remedy. But then engine continued to run rough and power was insufficient to maintain altitude. Forced landing was made to a field. During landing roll aircraft struck a barbed wire fence and post. Aircraft damage included cracks in nose gear wheel pant, cracked fairing at strut attach point on right wing. And scraped area 9 inches by 18 inches on right wing lower surface. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ENGINE LOST POWER DURING STUDENT PILOT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WITH INSTRUCTOR. APPLICATION OF CARBURETOR HEAT PROVIDED TEMPORARY REMEDY. BUT THEN ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH AND POWER WAS INSUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. FORCED LANDING WAS MADE TO A FIELD. DURING LANDING ROLL AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BARBED WIRE FENCE AND POST. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE INCLUDED CRACKS IN NOSE GEAR WHEEL PANT, CRACKED FAIRING AT STRUT ATTACH POINT ON RIGHT WING. AND SCRAPED AREA 9 INCHES BY 18 INCHES ON RIGHT WING LOWER SURFACE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^