# Incident 20081217853939I: Cessna 150K, Chandler, AZ, December 17, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 2008, 08:15 local time
- Place: Chandler, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3062° N, 111.8413° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandler, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3062&lon=-111.8413&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6389G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6389G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 880 total, 30 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081217853939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PRIOR TO TAKEOFF THE PASSENGER (PROSPECTIVE BUYER) STATED HIS CONCERN OF THE AMOUNT OF FUEL ON THE AIRCRAFT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RESPONDED THAT EACH TANK IS AT 1/3 AND BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT OF EACH PERSON ONBOARD (205 LBS AND 220 LBS EACH 425 LBS. TOTAL) HE DID NOT WANT TO HAVE THE AIRCRAFT OVERWEIGHT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN PERFORMED THREE TOUCH AND GOES BEFORE PROCEEDED SOUTH OF CHANDLER AIRPORT (CHD) TO PERFORM FLIGHT MANEUVERS.  WITH THE PASSENGER AT THE CONTROLS AND PERFORMING A CLIMB MANEUVER, THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND THEN SHUT OFF.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS AND MANAGED TO RESTART THE ENGINE.  HE THEN TURNED THE AIRCRAFT AROUND AND HEADED BACK TO CHD AIRPORT.  THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AGAIN, SO WITH THE ENGINE RPM'S DROPPING OFF RAPIDLY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT.  THE ENGINE RPMS CAME BACK UP FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE THE ENGINE AGAIN SHUT OFF.  AFTER PUTTING THE AIRCRAFT DOWN IN A FIELD SUCCESSFULLY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND THE PASSENGER WALKED AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT SALVAGE COMPANY THEN ARRIVED TO MOVE THE AIRCRAFT.  PRIOR TO REMOVING THE WINGS THEY SUMPED THE REMAINING FUEL FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUEL REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WAS 1/2 GALLON.

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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