# Incident 20000915028569I: Cessna 150L, New Kent, VA, September 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2000, 12:25 local time
- Place: New Kent, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5095° N, 76.9862° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Kent, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5095&lon=-76.9862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1725Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1725Q-2013-06-14) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 427 total, 300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000915028569I

## Narrative

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

(-23)WHILE CRUISING AT 1500 FEET, EN ROUTE FROM WEST POINT, VA (W96), ENGINE SUFFERED A PARTIAL LOSS, WHICH WAS AT FIRST CORRECTED BY THE APPLICATION OF FULL RICH MIXTURE AND CARB HEAT. HOWEVER, THE ENGINE SOON BEGAN LOSING POWER ONCE MORE, TO THE POINT THAT ALTITUDE COULD NOT BE MAINTAINED,  AND  NEW KENT AIRPORT COULD NOT BE REACHED.  THE PILOT SELECTED A LARGE SOY BEAN FIELD, SECURED THE ENGINE, AND LANDED.  THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AFTER TOUCH DOWN.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS, AND VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT (VERTICAL STAB CAP, WING TIP LEADING EDGES, AND BROKEN REAR WINDOW).  SEE ATTACHMENT.

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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