# Incident 20100429051519I: Cessna 150L, Belfast, ME, April 29, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2010, 08:29 local time
- Place: Belfast, ME
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4259° N, 69.0064° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Belfast, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4259&lon=-69.0064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18173, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N18173) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 250 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100429051519I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT WHILE IN CRUISE AT APPROXIMATELY 2700 FEET, PUFF OF SMOKE CAME FROM FRONT OF AIRCRAFT.  NO SMOKE IN AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING.  PILOT STATED THAT HE CLIMBED TO 3200 FEET AND RETURNED TO AIRPORT.  UPON INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT BY A MAECHANIC, FOUND ROCKER COVER SCREWS LOOSE ON THE #4 CYLINDER.  ALSO FOUND WHERE OIL HAD DRIPPED DOWN ON THE EXHAUST.

## Other reports on N18173 (1)

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

- [Incident 20200321009509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200321009509I), Mar 21, 2020: Cessna 150L (N18173), Monclova, OH, No damage. On 03/21/2020 a call was received from the roc who had an airman on the line reporting that he had conducted a precautionary emergency landing due to a rough…

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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