# Incident 19991231036359I: Cessna 150M, Coalinga, CA, December 31, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1999, 13:45 local time
- Place: Coalinga, CA
- Airport: Harris Ranch Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2481° N, 120.2385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRIS RANCH (3O8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2481&lon=-120.2385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704VF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704VF) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 400 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991231036359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. PRAGER, A PRIVATE PILOT, ADING AS PILOT IN COMMAND OF A CESSNA 150-N7704VF, DEPARTED THE SALINAS AIRPORT, SALINAS, CALIFORNIA, ON 12-32-1999 BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11:00 TO 12:00 HOURS PST, WITH ONE PASSENGER FOR A LOCAL SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.. WHILE IN THE VICINITY OF HURON, CALIFORNIA, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGHLY. UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE EXACT PROBLEM WAS, MR. PRAGER MADE CONTACT WITH ANOTHER AIRBORN AIRCRAFT PILOT WHO ADVISED THAT THE HARRIS RANCH AIRFIELD (308) WAS THE CLOSEST POINT OF LANDING.  THE ASSISTING PILOT CALLED FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FROM GROUND PERSONNEL AND CIRCLES HIS AIRCRAFT OVER 308 UNTIL MR. PRAGER LANDED SAFELY WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEM.  MR. PRAGER DID NOT COMMUNICATE WITH ANY ATC FACILITY DURING THE INCIDENT AND CONSIDERED THE LANDING PRECAUTIONARY.  POST FLIGHT INSPECTION DETERMINED THE PROBLEM TO BE TWO STUCK ENGINE VALVES.  THE ASSISTING POLICE AGENCIES (I.E. CHP AND SHERIFF) NOTIFIED FAT-TWR-TRACON.  THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION.

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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