# Incident 20040828022779I: Cessna 150F, Wichita, KS, August 28, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2004, 03:46 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7993F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7993F-2017-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 400 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040828022779I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CESSNA 150-F, N7993F WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING AT WICHITA MID CONTINENT AIRPORT RUNWAY 1L. AT APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF RUNWAY, LOSS OF POWER WAS NOTED AND AIRCRAFT LANDED IN CULTIVATED FARMERS FIELD. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR OCCUPANTS. AN A&P MECHANIC CAME FROM NEWTON. THE ENGINE WAS UNCOWLED. BOTH TANKS WERE DIPPED AND FOUND APPROXIMATELY 2" FUEL IN RIGHT TANK AND 1.5" IN LEFT. THIS AIRCRAFT HAS EXTENDED TANKS WITH 38 GAL TOTAL AND 35 USABLE. BOTH WING TANKS, AND THE ENGINE SUMP WERE CHECKED FOR CONTAMINATION. NO MEASURABLE AMOUNT OF TRASH OR WATER WAS NOTED. ENGINE WAS TURNED THROUGH BY HAND 8 REVOLUTIONS TO CHECK COMPRESSION. CHECKED MAG TIMING, EXHAUST FOR SECURITY, CARB HEAT ATTACHMENT HARDWARE. ALL WERE INTACT. RAN ENGINE UP AND CHECKED MAG DROP AT 1200 RPM. NO PROBLEMS FOUND. AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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