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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150G · Vancouver, WA · July 1, 2004

Date: July 1, 2004 · 10:00 local
Place: Vancouver, WA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N6262S
Reported as: Cessna 150G
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

N6262SRegistered now · Cessna 150GS/N 15067062 · Built 1967 Airframe modelCessna 150G Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) A highly modified Cessna 150 with an unapproved engine and fuel system installaion in cruise flight experienced rapid and complete loss of oil pressure causing poor engine performance. The pilot was able to execute a successful forced open grass field landing under power. Evidence indicates that following the landing, uncommanded engine shutdown occurred. The loss of oil pressure appears to be due to an oil filter mount and transfer tube crack that caused: 1. The oil filter system housing/mount to break away from the engine block 2. Total engine oil loss 3. Engine oil starvation

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A HIGHLY MODIFIED CESSNA 150 WITH AN UNAPPROVED ENGINE AND FUEL SYSTEM INSTALLAION IN CRUISE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED RAPID AND COMPLETE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE CAUSING POOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXECUTE A SUCCESSFUL FORCED OPEN GRASS FIELD LANDING UNDER POWER. EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT FOLLOWING THE LANDING, UNCOMMANDED ENGINE SHUTDOWN OCCURRED. THE LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE APPEARS TO BE DUE TO AN OIL FILTER MOUNT AND TRANSFER TUBE CRACK THAT CAUSED: 1. THE OIL FILTER SYSTEM HOUSING/MOUNT TO BREAK AWAY FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK 2. TOTAL ENGINE OIL LOSS 3. ENGINE OIL STARVATION