# Incident 19970318014939I: Cessna 150M, Agana, Guam, March 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1997, 11:30 local time
- Place: Agana, Guam
- Airport: Private
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 13.4742° N, 144.7478° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hagåtña, GU, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=13.4742&lon=144.7478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63635, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63635-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 700 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970318014939I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A LEFT BASE LEG FOR LANDING AT AGANA, GUAM. AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED FINAL THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. THE CFI APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE ENGINE QUIT ON A LONG FINAL, ONE MILE FROM THE RUNWAY. THE CFI BEGAN A TURN, LOOKING FOR A LANDING SITE. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A SWAMP AREA WITH SIX FOOT TALL "SAW GRASS." THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN A LEVEL ATTITUDE WITH NO DAMAGE. THE CFI AND STUDENT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE CFI OPENED THE DRAIN VALVES ON BOTH WING TANKS TO "DUMP FUEL", BECAUSE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A "POST CRASH FIRE." BOTH INDIVIDUALS WERE RESCUED BY MILITARY HELICOPTER DUE TO THE INACCESSIBILITY OF THE LANDING SITE.

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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