# Incident 20020407008049I: Cessna 150C, Naugatuck, CT, April 7, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2002, 18:02 local time
- Place: Naugatuck, CT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4878° N, 73.0516° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Naugatuck, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4878&lon=-73.0516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7851Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7851Z-2004-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150C (registry code 2071808, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150C
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,005 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020407008049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 7, 2002, MR. GOODRICH WAS OPERATING HIS CESSNA 150, REGISTRATION NUMBER N7851Z ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. CRUISING AT AN ELEVATION OF 4000 FT. OVER NAUGATUCK, CT., MR. GOODRICH EXPERIENCED A DECREASE IN RPM TO HIS CURRENT ENGINE SETTINGS AROUND 6:00 PM. MR. GOODRICH COMPENSATED FOR THIS BY ADVANCING THE THROTTLE TO INCREASE ENGINE RPM. AFTER HIS THROTTLE ADJUSTMENT THE ENGINE SLOWLY RAN DOWN ON RPM TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN HE BEGAN EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. MR. GOODRICH COMPLETED A MAYDAY CALL ON FREQUENCY 121.5 AND STARTED HIS EMERGENCY DESCENT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE TOPS OF A TREELINE AND GRASS ON THE LOWER WEST SLOPE OF LAUREL PARK LANDFILL BEFORE C OMING TO REST ON THE UPPER WEST SLOPE OF THE LANDFILL FACING EAST ON A MAGENTIC HEADING OF 043 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED DAMAGE TO ITS NOSE GEAR, ENGINE MOUNT AND TAIL SKID. THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. MR. GOODRICH WAS CONTACTED ON APRIL 9, 2002, BY TELEPHONE AND ADMITTED THAT HE MISMANAGED HIS FUEL CONSUMPTION FOR THIS FLIGHT WHICH RESULTED IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING OF HIS CESSNA 150.

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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