# Accident 20010923033099A: Cessna 150H, Lebanon, IN, September 23, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 2001, 10:00 local time
- Place: Lebanon, IN
- Airport: Boone County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0496° N, 86.4701° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0496&lon=-86.4701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6609S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6609S-2002-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA328) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010923033099A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DURING TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY 18 AT THE LEBANON, INDIANA AIRPORT (6I4) AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION. THERE WAS TWO PERSONS ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND MINOR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIAL. (.19) ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2001, AT ABOUT 1000 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 150H, N6609S, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING INITIAL CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 18 AT THE BOONE COUNTY AIRPORT, LEBANON, INDIANA. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN AND WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE LOCAL FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CHI01LA328](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA328), Sep 23, 2001: Cessna 150H (N6609S), Lebanon, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The unsuitable terrain for landing encountered by the pilot. Factors were the carburetor icing conditions, the carburetor ice, and the bean crop.

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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