# Incident 19990725019449I: Cessna 150M, Palm Springs, CA, July 25, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1999, 14:09 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4008V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4008V-2017-06-19) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990725019449I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON SUNDAY JULY 25, 1999, A CESSNA 150, N4008V, REPORTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT PALM SPRINGS, CA, REGIONAL AIRPORT AT 1409PDT. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM CORONA, CA TO LAUGHLIN, NEVADA VIA BLYTHE, CALIFORNIA.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AFTER TALKING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, DETERMINED THAT THE STUDENT HAD EXPERIENCED CARBURETOR ICING.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PROVIDED ADDITIONAL GROUND INSTRUCTION ON THE CORRECT PROCEDURES FOR APPLYING CARBURETOR HEAT TO PREVENT CARBURETOR ICING.

## Other reports on N4008V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080120010352A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080120010352A), Jan 20, 2008: Cessna 150M (N4008V), Corona, CA, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) Midair collision between CE-150 and CE-172. All four occupants killed, in addition to one person on the ground fatally injured. (-23 amendment) midair…

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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