OpenAirDocs.org

20160618006379I

Incident · No damage
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Cessna 150K · Lafayette, IN · June 18, 2016

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
June 18, 2016 · 06:45 local
Place
Lafayette, IN
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N6053G
Reported as
Cessna 150K
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,287 total620 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days
N6053GRegistered now · Cessna 150KS/N 15071553 · Built 1969Airframe modelCessna 150KEngine 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.

On June 18, 2016, at approximately 0645 eastern daylight time (1045 z), N6053G, a Cessna 150, performed an off-airport landing 3.2 miles west of purdue university airport (klaf). The airplaneprivacy data omittedwas operated by him^ under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91. The flight agenda was to remain local. The aircraft experienced a loss of engine power. There was no damage to personnel or property.

The pilot and his daughter departed purdue university airport at approximately 0600HRS for a local sightseeing flight. At approximately 0645HRS, the engine began to miss out. The pilot contacted Lafayette tower and advised he was inbound. The engine began running rough and subsequently quit running. The pilot declared an emergency with Lafayette tower and executed a successful landing in a juvenile cornfield (corn approximately 14 inches tall) 3 mile west of the purdue university airport. There was no damage to the airplane or persons on-board. The pilot/ A&P mechanic found there was debris obstructing the fuel selector valve, which inhibited fuel flow. The obstruction was cleared. The engine was test ran with no abnormalities. The pilot/mechanic returned the aircraft to service, departed the cornfield, and landed without issue at purdue university airport.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 18, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 0645 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (1045 Z), N6053G, A CESSNA 150, PERFORMED AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING 3.2 MILES WEST OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT (KLAF). THE AIRPLANE^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS OPERATED BY HIM^ UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT AGENDA WAS TO REMAIN LOCAL. THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO PERSONNEL OR PROPERTY.

THE PILOT AND HIS DAUGHTER DEPARTED PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 0600HRS FOR A LOCAL SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. AT APPROXIMATELY 0645HRS, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MISS OUT. THE PILOT CONTACTED LAFAYETTE TOWER AND ADVISED HE WAS INBOUND. THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND SUBSEQUENTLY QUIT RUNNING. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH LAFAYETTE TOWER AND EXECUTED A SUCCESSFUL LANDING IN A JUVENILE CORNFIELD (CORN APPROXIMATELY 14 INCHES TALL) 3 MILE WEST OF THE PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE OR PERSONS ON-BOARD. THE PILOT/ A&P MECHANIC FOUND THERE WAS DEBRIS OBSTRUCTING THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE, WHICH INHIBITED FUEL FLOW. THE OBSTRUCTION WAS CLEARED. THE ENGINE WAS TEST RAN WITH NO ABNORMALITIES. THE PILOT/MECHANIC RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE, DEPARTED THE CORNFIELD, AND LANDED WITHOUT ISSUE AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY AIRPORT.