# Incident 20031213035709I: Cessna 150L, Northumberland, PA, December 13, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2003, 11:30 local time
- Place: Northumberland, PA
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8971° N, 76.7935° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Northumberland, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8971&lon=-76.7935&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17214, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17214-2013-01-31) (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 O200A
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031213035709I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CLIMB OUT FROM NORTHUMBERLAND AIRPORT, A/C DESCENDED AND LANDED IN A FIELD OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE A/C. AFTER RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT AN ENGINE RUNUP WAS COMPLETED AND THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS FOUND, THE A/C WAS THEN FLIGHT TESTED AND NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. THE LOSS OF POWER APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY CARBURETOR ICE.

## Other reports on N17214 (2)

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

- [Incident 19970812035009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970812035009I), Aug 12, 1997: Cessna 150L (N17214), Stevensville, MD, Minor damage. Narrative: turn base to final for runway 29 at W29. The engine started running rough and the pilot landed in a soybean field doing minor damage to the aircraft.
- [Incident 19940509015969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940509015969I), May 9, 1994: Cessna 150L (N17214), Church Hill, MD, Minor damage. Student started engine which promptly turned to full power. Aircraft moved forward. Struck several parked cars.

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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