# Incident 20050801027489I: Cessna 150F, Marble Falls, TX, August 1, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: Marble Falls, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5602° N, 98.2773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marble Falls, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5602&lon=-98.2773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8078S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8078S) (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: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 250 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050801027489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS BEING USED TO TOW A BANNER OVER A BIRTHDAY PARTY. ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, BANNER WAS DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY ON STATE HIGHWAY NUMBER 1431. PILOT STATED THAT HE CHECKED THE MAGS IN FLIGHT AND THE ENGINE QUIT COMPLETELY WHEN THE RIGHT MAG WAS SELECTED. ENGINE RE-START AFTER LANDING COULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED DUE TO ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN. WINGS WERE REMOVED AND AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO SPICEWOOD AIRPORT. ON AUGUST 11, 2005, THE ENGINE WAS STARTED AND RAN ROUGH ON THE RIGHT MAG. RIGHT MAG WAS TESTED BY NAVAJO ACCESSORIES, INC. TEST INDICATED THAT MAGNETO FAILED UPON REACHING 185 DEGREES F.

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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