# Incident 20060326003829I: Cessna 150L, Harrisville, PA, March 26, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2006, 12:45 local time
- Place: Harrisville, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1364° N, 80.0107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harrisville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1364&lon=-80.0107&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5391Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5391Q) (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 O200*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060326003829I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 26, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:20 PM, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^, THE PIC OF CESSNA 150-L, N5391Q, TOOK OFF FROM ZELIENOPLE, PA AIRPORT (8G7) WITH ONE PASSENGER. WHILE ENROUTE TO THE FRANKLIN, PA AIRPORT (FKL), THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A STRIP MINE AT HARRISVILLE, PA AT 12:45 PM. FAA INSPECTORS ARRIVED AT THE SITE ON MARCH 27, 2006 AT 10:00 AM. THE AIRCRAFT SAT IN PLACE OUTSIDE OVERNIGHT. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE WAS NOTED ON THE AIRFRAME. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND CONTROLS WERE CHECKED FOR SECURITY AND CONTINUITY. THE OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH THIS INSPECTOR IN THE RIGHT SEAT STARTED THE ENGINE AND CONDUCTED A NORMAL ENGINE RUN UP. MAGNETOS, CARBURETOR HEAT, MIXTURE CONTROL, THROTTLE RESPONSE, IDLE, IDLE CUT OFF, AND STATIC POWER WERE ALL SATISFACTORY. THE PILOT, ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THE FOLLOWING: THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING A LITTLE ROUGH WHEN IT WAS FIRST STARTED THAT MORNING; IT STUMBLED A LITTLE WHEN THE THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED UNTIL THE ENGINE WARMED UP. A NORMAL PREFLIGHT ENGINE RUN UP AND TAKE OFF WAS COMPLETED. DURING THE FLIGHT TO FRANKLIN, THE PILOT KEPT THE AIRCRAFT UNDER THE CLOUD LAYER WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 2100 AGL. NOTE: ZELIENOPLE AIRPORT IS 901 AGL AND FRANKLIN AIRPORT IS 1540 AGL. THE FLIGHT WAS NORMAL FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES. THE FIRST TROUBLE HE NOTICED WAS THE THROTTLE LOCK WAS SLIPPING, AND HE ADVANCED THE THROTTLE TO MAINTAIN POWER. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER BUT WAS RUNNING SMOOTH. HE THEN CHECKED THE MIXTURE, THROTTLE AND CARBURETOR HEAT AND NOTHING MADE A DIFFERENCE. BECAUSE OF THE CONTINUED LOSS OF POWER, HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT THE STRIP MINE. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AFTER THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A HALT. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER, HE RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND ALL SEEMED NORMAL, BUT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ ONLY TOOK THE POWER UP TO 2000 RPM. ON MARCH 31, 2006, MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND A SMALL CRACK ON THE NOSE GEAR SUPPORT WHERE IT IS WELDED TO THE ENGINE MOUNT. NO DEFORMATION WAS NOTED.

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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