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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150F · St. Petersburg, FL · December 27, 2013

Date: December 27, 2013 · 13:30 local
Place: St. Petersburg, FL
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8672G
Reported as: Cessna 150F
Reported engine: Continental 0-200 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 1
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total600 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N8672GRegistration cancelled Oct 5, 2015 · Cessna 150FS/N 15062772 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 150F Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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.

During cruise flight, after one touch and go, the engine lost approximately 100 RPM and started running rough. After two applications of carb heat the engine failed. The propeller did not windmill. Upon landing in the water, the aircraft flipped over and sank in 20 feet of water. privacy data omitted Exited the airplane while under water, swam to the surface and was picked up by a passing boat. privacy data omitted Suffered minor injuries.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, AFTER ONE TOUCH AND GO, THE ENGINE LOST APPROXIMATELY 100 RPM AND STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. AFTER TWO APPLICATIONS OF CARB HEAT THE ENGINE FAILED. THE PROPELLER DID NOT WINDMILL. UPON LANDING IN THE WATER, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND SANK IN 20 FEET OF WATER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXITED THE AIRPLANE WHILE UNDER WATER, SWAM TO THE SURFACE AND WAS PICKED UP BY A PASSING BOAT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.