# Incident 20010423009229I: Cessna 150M, Tampa, FL, April 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2001, 17:30 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Vandenberg Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N103LE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 2 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/20010423009229I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON APRIL 23, 2201 AT 1730 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 150M, N103LE, REGISTERED TO LEADING EDGE AVIATION, INC., EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE ON CLIMB WHILE PRACTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT VANDENBURG AIRPORT(X16) AND CRASHED IN A FIELD LESS THAN ONE MILE FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 23. VMC PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM X16.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.