# Incident 20001016031579I: Cessna 150L, Box Elder, SD, October 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2000, 15:10 local time
- Place: Box Elder, SD
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1112° N, 103.0816° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Box Elder, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1112&lon=-103.0816&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18601, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18601-2018-03-12) (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: 175 total, 90 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/20001016031579I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AFTER 2.8 HR. CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM MINOT, ND (MOT0 TO RAPID CITY, SD (RAP) IN VFR CONDITIONS, THE PILOT INITIATED A DESCENT FROM 6,500 MSL TO 4,500 MSL. DURING THE DESCENT THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE STOPPED OPERATING.  PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING TO A FIELD RESULTING IN NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT NOR INJURIED TO THE OCCUPANTS.  A CERTIFIED MECHANIC FROM RAPID CITY ARRIVED AT THE AIRCRAFT.  AFTER RESTARING THE ENGINE FUEL WAS OBSERVED SPRAYING FROM THE CARBURETOR.  CARBURETOR WAS REPLACED AND AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO RAPID CITY (RAP).

## Other reports on N18601 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20160830015489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160830015489A), Aug 30, 2016: Cessna 150L (N18601), Upham, ND, Substantial damage. According to witnesses PIC decided to go for an evening flight. Length of flight is unknown. Aircraft departed private farm strip. Upon return aircraft…

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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