# Incident 19970312008079I: Cessna 150, Litchfield, CT, March 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1997, 10:00 local time
- Place: Litchfield, CT
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7457° N, 73.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Litchfield, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7457&lon=-73.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6434T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6434T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 570 total, 35 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970312008079I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOTS STATED AT THE CONCLUSION OF A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE OVER AN AREA OF FIELDS, WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED, THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN QUIT. THE AIRPLANE WAS LANDED BY THE CFI IN A FIELD WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE OR PROPERTY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOTS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER WAS FOUND AND DRAINED PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANES ENGINE HAD PERFORMED NORMALLY ON VARIOUS FLIGHT MANEUVERS AT VARIOUS POWER SETTINGS FOR APROX. 40 MINUTES BEFORE IT QUIT. NO EVIDENCE OF WATER IN THE FUEL TANKS OR ICE IN THE CARBURATOR WAS FOUND AT THE FORCED LANDING SITE BY FAA INSPECTORS. THE AIRPLANE WAS RECOVERED BY VEHICLE AND TAKEN TO EXECUTIVE FLIGHT SERVICE AT WATERBURY OXFORD, CT. AIRPORT FOR A MAINTENANCE ANALYSIS. THE CARBURETOR WAS REBUILT WITH NO MECHANICAL DEFICIENCY FOUND, ALTHOUGH EVIDENCE OF WATER IN THE CARBURETOR AT SOME POINT IN ITS LIFE WAS NOTED, BUT NONE FOUND ON THE REBUILD. THE MAIN FUEL TANKS WERE FLUSHED AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND WATER WAS PRESENT. FUEL LINES AND TANK VENTS WERE PURGED WITH AIR AND AN OBJECT WAS HEARD IN THE TANK INDICATING THAT SOMETHING HAD BEEN IN THE VENT LINE. THE PROBABLE CAUSE, FOR THE ENGINE STOPPAGE, IS EITHER WATER OR ICE THAT WAS PRESENT IN THE FUEL SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME DEBRIS. A SPECIFIC CAUSE CANNOT BE FOUND. THE PILOTS ACTIONS IN PREFLIGHT, RUNUP, AND INFLIGHT WERE PRUDENT AND PROFESSIONALLY CONDUCTED.

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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