# Incident 20060707026309I: Cessna 150M, Johnson City, NY, July 7, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2006, 15:57 local time
- Place: Johnson City, NY
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1253° N, 75.9634° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Johnson City, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1253&lon=-75.9634&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3961V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3961V-2025-06-30) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060707026309I

## Narrative

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

(-23) OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR 91, (VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED) A PILOT OF A CESSNA 150-M EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS WHILE CRUISING AT 8,500 MSL IN THE VICINITY OF BINGHAMTON, NY. THE PIC INITIALLY BELIEVED THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING CARBURETOR ICE AND APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT. THIS ACTION DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER, AT THIS POINT THE PIC ELECTED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY WITH BINGHAMTON ATC. THE PIC WAS ABLE TO SAFELY LAND AT KBHM AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SUBSEQUENT TO THE AFOREMENTIONED INCIDENT THE PIC ELECTED TO HAVE A MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT. THE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL VENT LINE CONTAINED AN OBSTRUCTION WITHIN IT, WHICH CAUSED THE STARVATION OF FUEL TO THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPAIRED AND RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS MATTER IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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