# Incident 20040216002789I: Cessna 150M, Deem City, FL, February 16, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2004, 11:15 local time
- Place: Deem City, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.3381° N, 80.5409° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Deem City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.3381&lon=-80.5409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9440U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9440U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040216002789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 02/16/04 ABOUT 11:15 LOCAL, CE-150M, N9440U, PILOTED BY STUDENT PILOT, GARY J. WELVAERT AND CFI, LOUIS S. SHANLEY, CERT. #102409872 AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN. STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE AND INSTRUCTOR WERE PRACTICING EMERGENCY ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES. AT OR ABOUT 500 FT, INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK COMMAND OF THE CONTROLS AND STATED HE WAS GOING TO LAND. AT OR ABOUT 100 FT THE INSTRUCTOR DECIDED TO POWER UP AND NOT LAND BUT IT WAS TOO LATE, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND LANDED IN THE LEVY. THERE WERE MINOR DAMAGES TO THE AIRCRAFT;NOSE WHEEL STEERING, PLASTIC WING TIP, AND PROPELLER DAMAGE.

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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