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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Strafford, MO · January 4, 2012

Date
January 4, 2012 · 14:00 local
Place
Strafford, MO
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N8855U
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,314 total1,054 in this make and model49 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft departed springfield downtown airport (3DW) to the east, performing climbing turns. At 3500 feet, engine power was lost. The instructor executed a successful forced landing in a pasture. After landing, he sumped the fuel tanks and found water in both the left and right wing tanks and the low point drain.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SPRINGFIELD DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (3DW) TO THE EAST, PERFORMING CLIMBING TURNS. AT 3500 FEET, ENGINE POWER WAS LOST. THE INSTRUCTOR EXECUTED A SUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING IN A PASTURE. AFTER LANDING, HE SUMPED THE FUEL TANKS AND FOUND WATER IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT WING TANKS AND THE LOW POINT DRAIN.