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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Kiawah Island, SC · August 17, 2002

Date: August 17, 2002 · 10:30 local
Place: Kiawah Island, SC
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N66178
Reported as: Cessna 150M
Reported engine: Continental O200*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,100 total700 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N66178Registered now · Cessna 150MS/N 15075898 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna 150M Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) This aircraft was being operated in student pilot training operations. The aircraft was maneuvering at approx. 1000 feet when it experienced partial engine power loss. The instructor stated that the aircraft could not maintain altitude and he executed an emergency landing along a remote stretch of beach on Kiawah Island, SC. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the two occupants were not injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THIS AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED IN STUDENT PILOT TRAINING OPERATIONS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERING AT APPROX. 1000 FEET WHEN IT EXPERIENCED PARTIAL ENGINE POWER LOSS. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND HE EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ALONG A REMOTE STRETCH OF BEACH ON KIAWAH ISLAND, SC. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED.