# Incident 19991209035689I: Cessna 150L, Louisville, KY, December 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1999, 13:30 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Holding IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6854G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6854G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 525 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991209035689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 9, 1999 A CESSNA 150, N6854G, DEPARTED LOUISVILLE, KY BOWMAN FIELD (LOU) FOR A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH TWO OCCUPANTS ABOARD.  THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER REDUCING POWER ON THE DOWNWIND LEG DURING THE APPROACH TO LANDING PHASE, THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND SUBSEQUENTLY LOST POWER AS HE INITIATED THE BASE LEG.  THE PILOT PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY CHECK OF MIXTURE, FUEL SELECTION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS.  THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AND THE PILOT OPTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A GOLF COURSE ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND WITHOUT SUSTAINING ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR ITS OCCUPANTS.

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