# Incident 20031017026949I: Cessna 150L, Plymouth, MA, October 17, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2003, 12:35 local time
- Place: Plymouth, MA
- Airport: Plymouth Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9088° N, 70.7276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLYMOUTH MUNI (PYM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9088&lon=-70.7276&mi=10
- Aircraft: N150ET, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N150ET-2012-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,792 total, 700 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031017026949I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO PILOT STATEMENT, HE WAS ON A ROUTINE FLIGHT FROM PLYMOUTH (PYM), AIRPORT AT 1235 EDT, 10/17/03 TO NEW BEDFORD (EWB), AIRPORT. PILOT FLEW TO NEW BEDFORD AND RETURNED TO PLYMOUTH. PILOT DID A TOUCH AND GO AT PLYMOUTH AIRPORT. PILOT DEPARTED FROM PLYMOUTH, FOR SIGHTSEEING, SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, AT ABOUT 350/400 FEET AGL, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE FLYING OVER A CRANBERRY BOG, PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND, AND HAD NO TIME TO DO AN EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AND CRASH-LANDED INTO A CRANBERRY BOG, ABOUT 200 FEET IN LENGTH. INCIDENT OCCURRED AT 39 WENHAM ROAD, CARVER MA. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE: ONE PROP BLADE DAMAGED, ONE ENGINE MOUNT, AND NOSE GEAR BROKEN. THE PILOT JOHN F. ESPOSITO AND PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA ^ SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N150ET (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110704011799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110704011799A), Jul 4, 2011: Cessna 150L (N150ET), Plymouth, MA, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed from Plymouth muni. Airport and attained 500 hunderd feet in altitude when the engine began running very rough and lost power. The pilot saw…

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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