# Accident 20070410010949A: Cessna 150G, Enterprise, AL, April 10, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2007, 15:45 local time
- Place: Enterprise, AL
- Airport: Enterprise Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2931° N, 85.8931° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2931&lon=-85.8931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6380S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6380S-2017-07-20) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070410010949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT PRIOR TO TAKEOFF AND DURING THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE CHECK, THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAGNETOS CHECKED OUT OKAY, BUT THE ENGINE RAN ROUGH. HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT FOR AWHILE AND THE ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT. HE TAXIED OUT ONTO RUNWAY 05. DURING TAKEOFF THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH AND THE STALL WARNING HORN WAS HEARD. HE STATED THAT HE HAD PLANNED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF BUT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO LIFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND HE WAS AT A POINT OF NO RETURN. AS THE PILOT CONTINUED TO CLIMB OUT THE ENGINE STARTED LOSING POWER AND THE STALL WARNING HORN WAS GETTING LOUDER. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE CARBURETOR HEAT LEVEL AND THE ENGINE RPM DROPPED. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. DURING LANDING THE NOSE WHEEL STUCK IN THE MUD AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER AND LANDED INVERTED. THE AIRPLANE INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH ONE STUDENT PILOT ON BOARD AND MINOR INJURIES TO THE PILOT. THE ON SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRPLANE'S MAIN SPAR WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE FRONT PART OF THE ENGINE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, THE COCKPIT AND FUSELAGE BUCKLED RESULTING IN MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 ATL07CA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA072), Apr 10, 2007: Cessna C-150G (N6380S), Enterprise, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The CFI's attempted takeoff with known deficiencies in the engine which resulted in a loss of engine power, a forced landing on muddy terrain, and a nose over.

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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