# Incident 20100429033909I: Cessna 150M, Los Fresnos, TX, April 29, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2010, 12:00 local time
- Place: Los Fresnos, TX
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.0744° N, 97.4875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Fresnos, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0744&lon=-97.4875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63184, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63184-2018-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100429033909I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED ALAMO, TEXAS AIRPORT FOR BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS UNDER A SPECIAL FLIGHT PERMIT FOR EXTENSIVE REFURBISHMENT WHICH INCLUDED ENGINE REPLACEMENT. 10 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. LANDED IN HARLINGEN, TEXAS WHERE A MECHANIC INSPECTED ENGINE, COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PILOT TOOKOFF FOR BROWNSVILLE AND THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AGAIN AND THIS TIME ENGINE STOPED RUNNING. PILOT LANDED IN EMPTY FIELD WITHOUT DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY ON THE GROUND.

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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