# Incident 19990828034769I: Cessna 150M, Santa Paula, CA, August 28, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1999, 17:00 local time
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Airport: Santa Paula Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3470° N, 119.0616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA PAULA (SZP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3470&lon=-119.0616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N714HH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N714HH) (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: 52 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990828034769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 1. ON SATURDAY, 8/28/99, AT APPROX. 1700 (5:00PM) MR. GHAFARI, STUDENT PILOT NO. EE-2869779, FLYING SOLO WAS PERFORMING FIGHT MANUVERS AND TOUCH AND GOES AT SANTA PAULA AIRPORT, SANTA PAULA, CA.  DURING A TAKE-OFF CLIMB, THE ENGINE QUIT OPERATING.  MR. GHAFARI PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO THE SANTA CLARA RIVER BED.  NO INJURY WAS OBTAINED BY THE STUDENT PILOT, AD NO DAMAGE RESULTED TO THE AIRCRAFT.  2.  UPON INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, BY MR. CLAY PHELPS, OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CP AVIATION, IC., SANTA PAULA AIRPORT, SANTA PAULA, CA, THE AIRCRAFT WING TANKS HAD ABOUT 1 GALLON OF FUEL TOTAL.  THE WINGS WERE REMOVED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED TO CP AVIATION, INC.  3.  THE ENGINE AND AIRFRAME WAS INSPECTED FOR ANY POSSIBLE CAUSES LEADING UP TO THE ENGINE QUITING.  NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED.  4.  THE AIRCRAFT WINGS WERE RE-INSTALLED AND THE AIRFRAME AND ENGINE WERE GIVEN A 100 HR. INSPECTION.  ENGINE RUN-UP AND PERFORMANCE WAS NORMAL.

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