# Accident 19970209001409A: Cessna 150F, Winter Haven, FL, February 9, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1997, 11:15 local time
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Airport: Winter Haven'S Gilbert Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0512° N, 81.7630° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0512&lon=-81.7630&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6679F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6679F-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL97LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970209001409A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER TURNING BASE. UNABLE MAKE RUNWAY. DITCHED IN LAKE. NOSE OVER. HAD PULLED MIXTURE INSTEAD OF CARB HEAT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL97LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA040), Feb 9, 1997: Cessna 150F (N6679F), Winter Haven, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's inadvertent movement of the mixture control to idle cut-off during the approach to land, which resulted in engine shut-down, and the student's failure to follow emergency…

## Other reports on N6679F (2)

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

- [Accident 19981031031059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981031031059A), Oct 31, 1998: Cessna 150F (N6679F), Winter Haven, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control and ground looped aircraft.(-23) 2nd solo landing, ground looped. Pilot stated that he came in for landing, had the runway made.…
- [Accident 19960324005049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960324005049A), Mar 24, 1996: Cessna 150F (N6679F), Ocala, FL, Substantial damage. Downwind wing hit runway landing in gusty crosswind. Taxied to ramp. Excessive crosswind for student and plane.

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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