# Incident 19970420012549I: Cessna 150J, Cheasapeake, VA, April 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1997, 18:30 local time
- Place: Cheasapeake, VA
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N60743, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60743) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 75 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970420012549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE PRACTICING STALLS, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN UNUSUAL RPM DROP AND ROUGH ENGINE WHEN POWER WAS REDUCED AND CARB HEAT PULLED ON. WHILE AIRCRAFT WAS CLIMBING BACK TO A BASE ALTITUDE OF 2,000 FEET, THE ENGINE BEGAN VIBRATING AND SMOKING. THE PILOT PULLED CARB HEAT AND THROTTLE TO IDLE, SET BEST GLIDE SPEED, AND TURNED TOWARD THE BIGGEST FIELD IN SIGHT. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A WHEAT FIELD. NO OTHER MALFUNCTIONS OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE NUMBER THREE CYLINDER HAD CRACKED 90% AROUND THE FIN AREA. THE CRACK WAS THREE FINS UP FROM THE CYLINDER HOLD DOWN FLANGE. THE OPERATOR IS TO SUBMIT A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT.

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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