# Incident 20080817842769I: Cessna 150M, Leitchfield, KY, August 17, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2008, 19:53 local time
- Place: Leitchfield, KY
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4862° N, 86.2847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Leitchfield, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4862&lon=-86.2847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68844, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68844-2015-05-19) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 110 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080817842769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) 8/17/2008: STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ORIGINATED A SOLO FLIGHT FROM ROUGH RIVER STATE PARK AIRPORT (213) TO MUHLENBERG COUNTRY AIRPORT (M21).  PILOT STATES AT BETWEEN 1500 THRU 1600 FEET AGL ON CLIMB-OUT FROM THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT THE ENGINE STOPPED OPERATING.  AFTER A FAILED ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE ENGINE THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY IN THE VICINITY OF LEITCHFIELD, KENTUCK AT 1953 HOURS CST.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AND SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE.  THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.  INSPECTION BY THE PILOT REVEALED HE HAD NOT FULLY OPENED THE FUEL SHUTOFF VALVE.  THE VALVE WAS PLACED IN THE FULL ON POSITION AND THE ENGINE RESTARTED.  STATE POLICE RESPONDED AND PROVIDED AND ESCORT OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS MOVED ON A FLAT BED TRUCK TO THE GRAYSON COUNTY AIRPORT (M20) IN LEITCHFIELD, KENTUCKY.

## Other reports on N68844 (1)

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

- [Accident 20110520013419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110520013419A), May 20, 2011: Cessna 150M (N68844), Greenville, KY, Substantial damage. Aircraft was departing Greenville, KY (M21). Pilot stated passenger's seatbelt was stuck in the door, and he attempted to open the door and subsequently lost…

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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