# Accident 20000805043029A: Cessna 150F, Eastport, MI, August 5, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Eastport, MI
- Airport: Torchport Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0549° N, 85.3569° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TORCHPORT (59M), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0549&lon=-85.3569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6712F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6712F-2002-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 157 total, 157 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000805043029A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT ON APPROACH TO LAND AT EASTPORT AIRPORT, HE SAW ANOTHER AIRCRAFT BACK TAXIING. AFTER RADIO CONTACT WITH OTHER AIRCRAFT THE PILOT STATED HE DID A FEW 360 DEGREE TURNS WAITING FOR OTHER AIRCRAFT TO DEPART. UPON SETTING UP FOR LANDING PILOT STATED HE PUT ON CARBURETOR ICE AND DID NOT NOTICE ANY PROBLEMS. ON THE BASE LEG THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. PILOT STATED HE PROCESSED TO DO A LOST ENGINE/EMERGENCY LANDING. AIRCRAFT CLIPPED SOME PINE TREES BEFORE HITTING A FENCE AND COMING TO REST.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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