# Incident 20020821027939I: Cessna 150D, Crete, NE, August 21, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2002, 19:15 local time
- Place: Crete, NE
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6248° N, 96.9525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crete, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6248&lon=-96.9525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7998Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7998Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150D (registry code 2071810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020821027939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 21, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 1915 CDT, CESSNA 150D, N7998Z, DEPARTED THE CRETE, NEBRASKA, MUNICIPAL AIRPORT FOR A POSITIONING FLIGHT TO RED OAK, IOWA. DURING CLIMB OUT THE PIC WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB DUE TO INADEQUATE ENGINE POWER. APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AGL, THE PIC DIVERTED TO THE CRETE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND WAS FORCED TO LANDE IN A FIELD ONE MILE EAST OF THE AIRPORT. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION CONFIRMED LOW ENGINE POWER DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW CYLINDER COMPRESSION AND MALFUNCTIONING CARBURETOR HEAT CONTROL SYSTEM.

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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