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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Schuyler, NY · February 16, 1997

Date: February 16, 1997 · 12:20 local
Place: Schuyler, NY
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N63042
Reported as: Cessna 150M
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 228 total188 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N63042Registered now · Cessna 150MS/N 15077058 · Built 1975 Airframe modelCessna 150M Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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: enroute from uca to NY27, lost engine power. Pilot attempted to restart. Engine would not respond. Pilot then found an open field and prepared aircraft for landing. During landing sequence, nose gear sheered off and the nose of the aircraft contacted the ground, damaging the propeller, nose cowl, nose gear, carburetor, and spider intake. All damage considered to be minor. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ENROUTE FROM UCA TO NY27, LOST ENGINE POWER. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART. ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND. PILOT THEN FOUND AN OPEN FIELD AND PREPARED AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING. DURING LANDING SEQUENCE, NOSE GEAR SHEERED OFF AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER, NOSE COWL, NOSE GEAR, CARBURETOR, AND SPIDER INTAKE. ALL DAMAGE CONSIDERED TO BE MINOR. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.