# Incident 20110520009019I: Cessna 150F, Fresno, CA, May 20, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2011, 14:46 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Sierra Sky Park
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8402° N, 119.8694° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIERRA SKY PARK (E79), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8402&lon=-119.8694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6570F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6570F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 700 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110520009019I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ. PILOT WAS CRUSING AT 8000 FEET AND BEGAN A STEEP DECENT TO 5000 AND THE ENGINE STARTED SPUTTERING. THE PILOT REQUESTED AND WAS GRANTED CLEARANCE TO SIERRA SKY PARK. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN NORMALLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS LEVELED OFF. THE FUEL FILTER WAS CHECKED ON THE GROUND AND FOUND CLEAN AND UNOBSTRUCTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED AND STARTED NORMALLY. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE FLIGHT TO WASHINGTON STATE WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS.

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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