# Accident 20080628841849A: Cessna 150F, Dover Township, MI, June 28, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2008, 15:49 local time
- Place: Dover Township, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0153° N, 84.3856° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0153&lon=-84.3856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7886F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7886F-2008-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 147 total, 130 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA194) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080628841849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DTW IN ROUTE TO SAW WITH A PLANNED FUEL STOP AT PLN.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD 3/4 FUEL IN EACH TANK, ABOUT 7 GAL PER SIDE AT THE START OF THE TRIP.  AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 2500 FT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER NEAR JOHANNESBURG, MI.  THE PILOT CHECKED THE MIXTURE, FUEL AND CARB HEAT.  HE THEN SWITCHED MAGS AND FOUND THE ENGINE QUIT ON ONE MAG AND RAN ROUGH ON THE OTHER.  HE SWITCHED TO BOTH AND THE ENGINE STOPPED.  SETTING UP FOR A LANDING IN A FIELD HE HIT A DITCH AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT.  HE ESCAPED WITH MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES.

## 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 CHI08CA194](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA194), Jun 28, 2008: Cessna 150F (N7886F), Johannesburg, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to recognize the onset of carburetor icing resulting in a loss of engine power and the unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing. Contributing to the accident were…

## Other reports on N7886F (1)

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

- [Incident 20060925028519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060925028519I), Sep 25, 2006: Cessna 150F (N7886F), Romeo, MI. (-23) The aircraft made a forced landing in a farming field 1/4 miles south of the airport after conducting a touch and go maneuver on runway 18. After…

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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