# Incident 20170212000939I: Cessna CE-150, Jacksonville, FL, February 12, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2017, 19:00 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: Q3SS
- Location: 30.3322° N, 81.6557° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, FL, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3322&lon=-81.6557&mi=10
- Aircraft: N921MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N921MA) (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 CE-150
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL O-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 48 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/20170212000939I

## Narrative

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

ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY1900UTC, N921MA DEPARTED RUNWAY 23 AT CRAIG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KCRG). JUST AFTER LIFT OFF, THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND LANDED IN THE GRASS OFF THE DEPARTURE END ON RUNWAY 23.  THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THERE HE EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE.  THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT, OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED BACK TO THE HANGER, THE ENGINE WAS RAN TO TRY AND DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.  THE MECHANICS FOUND THAT THE ENGINE WOULD RUN AT IDLE; HOWEVER, AS POWER WAS APPLIED, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND RPM'S WOULD NOT ADVANCE.  THE ENGINE WAS THOROUGHLY CHECKED ALONG WITH THE GASKELATOR WITH NO DEBRIS FOUND.  THE CARBURETOR WAS REMOVED AND DISASSEMBLED AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A BUILD UP OF A CORROSIVE GUNK TEXTURED SUBSTANCE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FUEL BOWL OF THE CARBURETOR.

THE PILOT'S LOGBOOK ENDORSEMENTS AND THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS WERE FOUND TO BE IN REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.

THIS INCIDENT WILL BE CLOSED WITH A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT ON THE CARBURETOR. THE COMPLETED UNIQUE CONTROL # FOR THE SDR IS XYZA20170228001.

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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