# Incident 20010831027739I: Cessna 150M, Deland, FL, August 31, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2001, 06:45 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66638, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66638-2013-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 345 total, 40 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010831027739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. THOMAS RICHARD GONET WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 30 AT DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN N66638M A CESSNA 150 AIRPLANE. DURING CLIMBOUT (AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL) HE EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE AND MADE A LANDING ON THE EXTENDED GRASS "OVER-RUN" OF RUNWAY 30. AFTER CHECKING TO MAKE SURE HE WAS OK, AND REALIZING THAT NO ONE WAS COMING TO ASSIST HIM, HE DECIDED TO TAXI THE AIRPLANE BACK TO THE FIXED BASE OF OPERATION (DELAND AVIATION). AT THIS POINT MR. GONET HAD NO INTENTION OF FLYING THE AIRCRFT AGAIN. DURING HIS TAXI BACK TO RUNWAY 30/12 HE TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT INTO A RATHER LARGE DITCH WHERE IT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. MR. GONET WAS UNINJURED DURING THIS INCIDENT. THE CAUSE OF THE INITIAL ENGINE FAILURE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AT THIS TIME.

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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