# Accident 20100322030549A: Cessna 150L, Lake Alfred, FL, March 22, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2010, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lake Alfred, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0631° N, 81.7531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0631&lon=-81.7531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6589G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6589G-2013-08-22) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA184) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100322030549A

## Narrative

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

CFI AND STUDENT WERE ON BOARD N6589G IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT GILBERT FIELD (GIF) IN WINTER HAVEN, FL PREPARING FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 23.  WHILE ON DOWNWIND LEG AND ABEAM THE RUNWAY NUMBERS, AN INITIAL POWER REDUCTION TO 1800 RPM WAS MADE BY THE STUDENT FLYING THE AIRCRAFT.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE RPM DID AN UNCOMMANDED DROP TO 1500 RPM.  THE STUDENT ADVANCED THE THROTTLE TO BRING THE POWER BACK TO 1800 RPM, AND THE ENGINE RESPONDED.  ON THE BASE LEG OF THE PATTERN THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND COMPLETELY STOPPED, AND IT DID NOT RESPOND TO ANY FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO THE THROTTLE.  THE CFI IMMEDIATELY TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN MANEUVERING IT INTO A COW PASTURE WHERE IT LANDED HARD CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  SUBSEQUENTLY, THE NOSE PORTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DUG INTO THE GROUND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER ONTO ITS BACK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CFI OR THE STUDENT.  POST-ACCIDENT INSPECTIONS PERFORMED BY THE FSDO IIC SHOWED THAT APPROXIMATELY 4 GALLONS OF AVGAS WAS DRAINED FROM THE LEFT FUEL TANK AND GASCOLATOR.  SEVERAL DAYS LATER ENGINE DIAGNOSTIC CHECKS CONCLUDED THAT SPARK PLUGS, COMPRESSION, MAGNETOS, FUEL LINES, AND CARBURETOR WERE ALL NORMAL.  END OF NARRATIVE.

## 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 ERA10LA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA184), Mar 22, 2010: Cessna 150L (N6589G), Lake Alfred, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during the landing approach for undetermined reasons.

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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