# Incident 20071031824089I: Cessna 150J, Dawson, GA, October 31, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2007, 11:20 local time
- Place: Dawson, GA
- Airport: Dawson Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7433° N, 84.4193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAWSON MUNI (16J), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7433&lon=-84.4193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51367, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51367) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 34 total, 34 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071031824089I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DAWSON (16J) FOR A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY, STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PIC, ENROUTE TO FITZGERALD (FZG). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED WHEN HE WAS OVER HIS FIRST WAY POINT THE ENGINE STARTED TO MISS. HE PULLED BACK THE POWER AND LOOKED FOR A PLACE TO LAND. DECIDED THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING WELL ENOUGH TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE AIRPORT. HE MADE A 180 TO PUT HIM OVER A HIGHWAY (82). AT THAT TIME THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN WORSE AND WOULD NOT MAKE IT BACK TO (16J) SO HE DECIDED TO TRY FOR AYERS LANDING STRIP. ONCE AGAIN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN WORSE AND HE WASN'T SURE HE WOULD MAKE THE LANDING STRIP. AT THIS TIME HE DECIDED TO LAND IN THE COTTON FIELD. HE RADIOED DAWSON UNICOM AND TOLD THEM HE WAS GOING IN, SLIPPED IT DOWN TO THE FIELD, HELD IT OFF THE FIELD UNTIL SPEED DRAINED TO STALL AND LET IT DROP THE LAST 4 FEET OR SO, APPLIED BRAKES TO SLOW TO A STOP.

## Other reports on N51367 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080128014389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080128014389A), Jan 28, 2008: Cessna 150J (N51367), Dawson, GA, Substantial damage. (-23) On January 28, 2008, at 1115 EST, a Cessna 150J, N51367, registered to [privacy data omitted], collided with a dirt embankment on landing rollout from…

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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