# Incident 20130823016119I: Cessna 150E, Panasoffkee, FL, August 23, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2013, 10:28 local time
- Place: Panasoffkee, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N3572J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3572J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 270 total, 250 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130823016119I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT USES 150-HP ENGINE VICE ORIGINAL 100-HP ENGINE.

AIRCRAFT WAS ON FIRST FLIGHT SINCE FRESH ANNUAL INSPECTION.  OWNER HAD JUST SOLD THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS DELIVERING IT TO BUYER.  PIC IS OF MODEST QUAL AND EXPERIENCE.

AIRCRAFT WAS ON VFR FLIGHT FROM KISM TO 5FL7 (PRIVATE AIRPORT) AT 1500 FT MSL AND WAS NEARING ITS DESTINATION WHEN ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER.  PILOT STATES HE CHECKED FUEL LEVEL, ADDED FULL RICH MIXTURE, CHECKED THE MAGNETO SWITCH, AND APPLIED CARB HEAT.  WITHIN 30 SECONDS, ENGINE QUIT.  PILOT MADE SUCCESSFUL DEAD-STICK LANDING INTO OPEN FIELD AT VICTORY RANCH IN SUMTER COUNTY.  NO INJURY, AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED FRACTURED NOSE WHEEL FAIRING ON ROLLOUT.  FLIGHT TIME WAS APPROX 0.6 HR

PILOT REMOVED COWLING BEFORE IIC ARRIVED; IIC ADVISED NO FURTHER ACTIONS UNTIL IIC ARRIVAL.  IIC INSPECTED AIRCRAFT, TOOK FUEL SAMPLES, CHECKED OIL.  SOME SEDIMENTATION SEEN IN GASCOLATOR SAMPLE, NOT DEEMED FATAL TO ENGINE.

IIC ASKED PILOT TO START ENGINE; ENGINE STARTED WITH NO TROUBLE AND RAN SATISFACTORILY.

PILOT'S MECHANIC ARRIVED TO CONDUCT TEAR-DOWN INSPECTION.  NO "SMOKING GUN" REVEALED.  FUEL VENTING, MAGS CHECKED.  GASCOLATOR AND CARBURETOR DISASSEMBLED;  NO OBVIOUS ANOMALIES.

MAINT LOGBOOKS WERE RETAINED FOR INSPECTION, AND RETURNED WITH NO SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS.

TEMP/DP SPREADS AT TIME OF INCIDENT AT FOLLOWING THREE AIRFIELDS:

KINF: 27/25;

KLEE: 28/26;

KOCF: 27/23; ALL TEMP'S CELSIUS.

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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