# Accident 20010407039039A: Cessna 150D, Slanesville, WV, April 7, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2001, 14:40 local time
- Place: Slanesville, WV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3750° N, 78.5250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3750&lon=-78.5250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N974CA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N974CA-2007-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150D (registry code 2071810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 300 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC01LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010407039039A

## Narrative

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

(.4) THE PILOT PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA, AND WAS DESTINED FOR WOODBINE, NEW JERSEY. ON THE SECOND DAY OF HIS TRIP, WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT OVER WEST VIRGINIA, THE ENGINE MOMENTARILY LOST POWER AND THEN RETURNED TO CRUISE RPM. THIS INTERMITTENT CONDITION CONTINUED AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RETURN THE ENGINE TO NORMAL OPERATION. HE ELECTED TO PERFORM A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD BELOW HIM. AFTER MAIN WHEEL TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, AND DUG INTO THE SOFT GROUND. THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER, AND CAME TO REST INVERTED. EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE HOUSING HAD COME LOOSE, WHICH ALLOWED IT TO MOVE TOWARD THE IDLE CUT-OFF POSITION. THE ENGINE RAN SATISFACTORILY AFTER THE MIXTURE CONTROL CABLE HOUSING WAS PROPERLY SECURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC01LA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01LA095), Apr 7, 2001: Cessna 150D (N974CA), Slanesville, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loose mixture control cable housing which resulted in an intermittent running engine, and the pilot's subsequent decision to perform a precautionary landing. A factor was the soft terrain.

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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