# Accident 20090822048499A: Cessna 150J, Fairmount, GA, August 22, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2009, 17:55 local time
- Place: Fairmount, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4156° N, 84.7261° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4156&lon=-84.7261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61022 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 186 total, 178 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA476](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA476) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090822048499A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT HAD SUSTAINED MINOR CUTS TO HIS HANDS AND A BUMP TO HIS HEAD; HE DECLINED TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION. THE AIRCRAFT A CESSNA 150-J RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE NOSE SECTION HAD IMPACTED THE TREES AND DESTROYED THE FIREWALL AND ENGINE MOUNT AREA. THE LEFT WING HAD A TREE IMPACT AT THE WING ROOT ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT SPAR. THE WIND SCREEN WAS BROKEN OUT AND THE LEFT HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS CUT IN HALF. THERE ARE SEVERAL PUNCTURE AREAS IN THE FUSELAGE AS WELL-ACCORDING TO MR. GORE HE DEPARTED LOW COUNTRY REGIONAL AIRPORT (RBW) AT 11:00 AM. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOPPED OFF THE EVENING BEFORE AND 3 TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS WERE DONE TO GET NIGHT RECURRENT. THE PLANNED ENROUTE TIME WAS  TO BE 2 HOURS AND 26 MINUTES. HE DIVERTED TO CHEROKEE COUNTY AIRPORT (47A) DUE TO AN INTERMITTENT TRANSPONDER. THE BATTERY WAS FOUND TO BE DISCHARGED AND WAS CHARGED UP BY A MECHANIC. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 47A FOR RMG (40.1 MILES) AND AT 24.5 MILES FROM RMG THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN VERY ROUGH. THE CARB HEAT WAS APPLIED FOR 30 SECONDS WITH  NO AFFECT. A MAYDAY WAS BROADCASTED AND EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT 17:55 LOCAL, IN A PASTURE. THE APPROXIMATE DISTANCE FOR THE PLANNED ROUTE IS 280 NAUTICAL MILES. THE DIVERSION MAY HAVE EXTENDED THE DISTANCE BY 20 NAUTICAL MILES.-DURING THE EMERGENCY LANDING EVENT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A PASTURE (N30' 24.908—W 84' 43.983) 1.5 MILES WEST OF FAIRMOUNT GA. SLIGHTLY OFF OF SLATE MINE ROAD. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BARBED WIRE FENCE, HAY STORAGE BIN, THEN A STAND OF TREES AT WHICH POINT THE PIC EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.-THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, FUSELAGE, LEFT WING AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.-THE FUEL IN THE TANKS WAS MEASURED USING A PROBE AND FOUND TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT WING AND ONE AND A HALF INCH IN THE LEFT WING. THE WINGS WERE SUMPED AND FUEL WAS CLEAN AND PRESENT. THE GASCOLATOR WAS TESTED AND FUEL WAS PRESENT WITH SOME PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE FUEL. THE ENGINE HAD NORMAL OIL QUANTITY. ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF CESSNA AIR SAFETY INVESTIGATIONS THAT TRANSLATES TO 2.75 GALLONS RIGHT AND 4.0 GALLONS LEFT APPROXIMATELY.-THE PROPELLER HAD LITTLE DAMAGE OTHER THAN IMPACT DEFLECTION REARWARD AND WAS FOUND TO BE IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ROTATION.-

## 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 ERA09LA476](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA476), Aug 22, 2009: Cessna 150J (N61022), Fairmount, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation as a result of a contaminated fuel strainer.

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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