# Incident 19980315009179I: Cessna 150H, Greenfield, IN, March 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1998, 14:00 local time
- Place: Greenfield, IN
- Airport: Popefield Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7933° N, 85.7725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenfield, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7933&lon=-85.7725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6480S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6480S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980315009179I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 03/15/98, AIRCRAFT CESSNA, CE-150-H, ,N6480S LEFT POPE FIELD AIRPORT AT GREENFIELD, IN AT APPROX. 1400 LCL TIME. DURING CLIMB AT 250 FEET STARTED LOOSING ENGINE POWER AND HEARING SPUTTER SOUNDS FROM THE ENGINE. ENGINE STAYED AT IDLE SPEED ALL TIME. LANDED IN AN EMPTY FIELD 1 MILE FROM AIRPORT. NO DAMAGE TO PLANE OR INJURIES REPORTED. AIRMAN COMPETENCE DUE TO POOR PLANNING FOR HIS FLIGHT, IF CARBURETOR HEAT WAS NEEDED HE NEVER USED IT. MIN FUEL REQUIREMENT FOR FLIGHT ALSO HE STATED HE ONLY USED 5 GALLONS OF FUEL FOR 1 HR FLIGHT EVERY TIME HE FLIES.

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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