# Incident 20091206052489I: Cessna 150L, Washington, NE, December 6, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2009, 12:50 local time
- Place: Washington, NE
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3976° N, 96.2075° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3976&lon=-96.2075&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140MA) (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 MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091206052489I

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A PRIVATE PILOT CHECK RIDE WITH A DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER (DPE). AFTER COMPLETING AIR WORK AT 3000 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL) THE DPE ANNOUNCED, "SIMULATED RISE IN OIL TEMPERATURE AND DECREASING OIL PRESSURE." THE STUDENT PILOT DIVERTED TO THE BLAIR MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KBTA). WHILE ENROUTE TO KBTA AT AROUND 1000 FEET AGL, THE DPE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT, PULLED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE, AND ANNOUNCED, "SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE." THE STUDENT PILOT TURNED TOWARD A BEAN FIELD AND SETUP FOR THE SIMULATED OFF FIELD LANDING. AT 200-300 FEET AGL, THE STUDENT PILOT SET THE FLAPS TO 40 DEGREES. THE DPE ANNOUNCED, "FULL POWER." THE STUDENT PILOT SLOWLY APPLIED FULL POWER, BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND AND POWER WAS NOT RESTORED. THE DPE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE RECENTLY PLOWED BEAN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED DURING THE LANDING AND NO PROPERTY ON THE GROUND WAS DAMAGED. THE STUDENT PILOT AND DPE WERE NOT INJURED DURING THE OFF FIELD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE BEAN FIELD AND WAS TAXIED TO THE KBTA AIRPORT, WHICH WAS 1 ½ MILES AWAY.

## Other reports on N140MA (2)

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

- [Incident 20120722015309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120722015309I), Jul 22, 2012: Cessna 150L (N140MA), Council Bluffs, IA, Minor damage. A student was performing his first supervised solo after completing 4 touch and go's with the flight instructor on board. Under nearly calm winds, on the first…
- [Incident 20040517008529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040517008529I), May 17, 2004: Cessna 150L (N140MA), Council Bluffs, IA. (-23) Pilot planned VFR flight from hartington, NE, to Council Bluffs, IA. Weather was VFR until nearing destination where a cloud deck formed below aircraft…

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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