# Incident 20131227024039I: Cessna 150F, St. Petersburg, FL, December 27, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2013, 13:30 local time
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8672G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8672G-2015-10-05) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131227024039I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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