# Accident 20061206025379A: Cessna 150G, Eureka, CA, December 6, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2006, 11:30 local time
- Place: Eureka, CA
- Airport: Murray Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8078° N, 124.1936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8078&lon=-124.1936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3394J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3394J-2009-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 18 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061206025379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED MURRAY FIELD ARCATA AND DURING CLIMB OUT LOST ENGINE RPM AND POWER. PILOT PULLED CARB HEAT AT ABOUT 800 FEET, CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER AND ALTITUDE. ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN AT LOW RPM AS PILOT PREPARED FOR A WATER LANDING. POWER WAS NOT RESTORED AND PILOT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN HUMBOLDT BAY. BORESCOPE OF ALL CYLINDERS INDICATED NO ENGINE DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT DOES NOT HAVE A STC FOR AUTO FUEL. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE AND AIRCRAFT DATA PLATE TO THE OAKLAND FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. HE KNOWINGLY MADE THIS DECISION WITHOUT DURESS FROM ANY INDIVIDUAL. HE UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS CONSTITUTES UNEQUIVOCAL ABANDONMENT OF THE CERTIFICATES AND THAT AN FAA AIRMAN CERTIFICATE OR RATING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX07LA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07LA052), Dec 6, 2006: Cessna 150G (N3394J), Eureka, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a loss of engine power due to carburetor icing and the pilot's inadequate preflight planning and decision to operate the airplane in carburetor icing conditions with an inoperative carburetor heat…

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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