# Accident 20030927027349A: Cessna 150, Core Banks, NC, September 27, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2003, 10:00 local time
- Place: Core Banks, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7336° N, 76.6500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7336&lon=-76.6500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5581E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5581E-2018-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: AMTR O200
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 120 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030927027349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT SET UP FOR SLOW FLIGHT. HE WAS CIRCLING DUCK BLINDS AT 500 FT. AGL. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND STOPPED. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE BEACH FOR A LANDING AND LANDED IN A SALT MARSH. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER UPON TOUCHDOWN AND CAME TO A STOP. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE AIRLIFTED BY HELICOPTER TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.

## 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 ATL03LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA149), Sep 27, 2003: Cessna 150A (N5581E), Beaufort, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons.

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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