# Incident 20160618006379I: Cessna 150K, Lafayette, IN, June 18, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2016, 06:45 local time
- Place: Lafayette, IN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3995° N, 86.8628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3995&lon=-86.8628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6053G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6053G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,287 total, 620 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160618006379I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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