# Incident 20090217002169I: Cessna 150L, Grayslake, IL, February 17, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2009, 17:00 local time
- Place: Grayslake, IL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3297° N, 88.0792° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3297&lon=-88.0792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N747KA-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09IA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09IA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090217002169I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PWK AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 AND FLEW NEAR CAMPBELL AIRPORT (C81) ABOUT 2500-3000 FEET AND WERE GOING TO PRACTICE RECTANGULAR COURSES.  THEY WERE AIRBORNE FOR ABOUT 15 OR 20 MINUTES WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH.  THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FROM IDLE TO 1500 RPM AND THEN THE ENGINE STOPPED.  THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT CHECKED THE CARB HEAT, FUEL, MIXTURE AND MAGNETOS BUT COULD NOT RESTART THE ENGINE.  THE CREW DECLARED A MAYDAY ON 121.5 AND SET UP TO LAND ON THE LAKE IN GRAYSLAKE.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, NO PERSONS OR PROPERTY WERE INJURED OR DAMAGED.

## 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 CEN09IA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09IA172), Feb 17, 2009: Cessna 150 (N747KA), Grayslake, IL, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The failure of the number 1 cylinder intake valve which resulted in a partial loss of engine power. Contributing to the incident was the failure of the operator to maintain the engine per…

## Other reports on N747KA (1)

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

- [Incident 20191220019669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191220019669I), Dec 20, 2019: Cessna 150L (N747KA), Wheeling, IL, Minor damage. Description of deviation: on December 20, 2019 the pilot in command (PIC) of N747KA, a Cessna 150 bounced on the runway several times before settling on runway…

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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