19990223020979I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150L · California City, CA · February 23, 1999

Date: February 23, 1999 · 09:15 local
Place: California City, CA
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5374Q
Reported as: Cessna 150L
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

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.

(-5) privacy data omitted narrative: - while operating at cruise, all indications normal, #3 cylinder develops metal fatigue and separates at fin area causing engine failure. - pilot makes an emergency landing at the honda motors inc. test track, located approx. 10 miles north of California City, CA - no injury to anyone on board or on the ground. No damage to the aircraft as a result of the emergency landing. Engine baffle damage. - engine #3 cylinder changed in the field and aircraft flown back to home base, inyokern airport, inyokern, CA note: aircraft was flown for flight instruction. Pilot was instructing at the time the #3 cylinder failed. Aircraft was 2 hours overdue for a 100 hr insp.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NARRATIVE: - WHILE OPERATING AT CRUISE, ALL INDICATIONS NORMAL, #3 CYLINDER DEVELOPS METAL FATIGUE AND SEPARATES AT FIN AREA CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE. - PILOT MAKES AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE HONDA MOTORS INC. TEST TRACK, LOCATED APPROX. 10 MILES NORTH OF CALIFORNIA CITY, CA - NO INJURY TO ANYONE ON BOARD OR ON THE GROUND. NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF THE EMERGENCY LANDING. ENGINE BAFFLE DAMAGE. - ENGINE #3 CYLINDER CHANGED IN THE FIELD AND AIRCRAFT FLOWN BACK TO HOME BASE, INYOKERN AIRPORT, INYOKERN, CA NOTE: AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN FOR FLIGHT INSTRUCTION. PILOT WAS INSTRUCTING AT THE TIME THE #3 CYLINDER FAILED. AIRCRAFT WAS 2 HOURS OVERDUE FOR A 100 HR INSP.