# Accident 20170509004889A: Cessna 150M, Pearson, GA, May 9, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 2017, 15:57 local time
- Place: Pearson, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.0533° N, 82.7711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.0533&lon=-82.7711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N714DW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N714DW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 197 total, 193 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170509004889A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 9TH, 2017, AIRCRAFT N714DW HAD AN IN -FLIGHT EMERGENCY, AND A FORCED LANDING INTO AN OPEN FIELD AND WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AFTER DEPARTING LAKE CITY FL (KLCQ).  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, BUT, THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

ACCORDING THE PILOT?S WRITTEN STATEMENT, ABOUT 45 MINUTES AFTER HE HAD DEPARTED KLCQ HE HEARD THE ENGINE MAKE AN UNUSUAL SOUND, NOTICED A DROP IN RPM AND SUBSEQUENT SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA AND INTO THE COCKPIT.  AFTER DOING SOME TROUBLESHOOTING, HE DETERMINED THAT HE COULD NOT FIX OR REMEDY THE SITUATION AND COULD NOT MAKE IT TO THE NEAREST AIRPORT TO LAND.  HE COMMUNICATED HIS EMERGENCY SITUATION WITH JAX CENTER, SET THE AIRCRAFT UP FOR BEST GLIDE SPEED, SELECTED AN OPEN FIELD TO LAND IN, AND UPON LANDING IN A ROUGH FIELD, THE NOSE GEAR HIT A RUT IN THE SOIL AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER ON ITS BACK WHERE IT CAME TO REST.

## 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 ERA17LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA176), May 9, 2017: Cessna 150M (N714DW), Homerville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to inadequate maintenance and inspection of the engine, which resulted in a fatigue crack and subsequent failure of the No. 4 cylinder.

## Other reports on N714DW (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19870315019529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870315019529I), Mar 15, 1987: Cessna 150M (N714DW), Bay St Louis, MS, Minor damage. Solo student struck a fence while attempting to land in a friends field.

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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