# Accident 20150502006379A: Cessna 150F, Neillsville, WI, May 2, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2015, 10:15 local time
- Place: Neillsville, WI
- Airport: Neillsville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5753° N, 90.5067° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5753&lon=-90.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8558G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8558G-2016-01-04) (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: 470 total, 340 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150502006379A

## Narrative

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

WHILE CRUISING AT 2800 FT. ENROUTE FROM WAUSAU, WI. (AUW) TO NEILLSVILLE, WI. (VIQ) ENGINE RPM WENT FROM 2400 RPM TO IDLE. CARB HEAT WAS APPLIED AND RPM RETURNED TO 2400. APPROX. 4 MIN. LATER RPM AGAIN DROPPED TO IDLE AND CARB HEAT WAS AGAIN APPLIED, RPM RETURNED TO 2400 AND THEN IMMEDIATELY RETURN TO IDLE AND RAN ROUGH. AT THAT POINT CARB HEAT HAD NO EFFECT. WHILE ATTEMPTING AN OFF FEILD LANDING THE ENGINE QUIT, AIRCRAFT LANDED AND IMPACTED TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN15LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA217), May 2, 2015: Cessna 150F (N8558G), Neillsville, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because a postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have precluded normal…

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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