# Incident 20181111021679I: Cessna 150G, Port Saint Joe, FL, November 11, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2018, 15:00 local time
- Place: Port Saint Joe, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8176° N, 85.3091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port St. Joe, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8176&lon=-85.3091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6240S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6240S-2019-02-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,760 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181111021679I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 11, 2018, THE PILOT OF N6240S DEPARTED PORT SAINT JOE AIRPORT (A51) FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AND STOPPED RUNNING. THE PILOT SET THE AIRCRAFT UP FOR A WATER LANDING AND DITCHED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES FROM THE SHORELINE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES DUE TO THE INCIDENT.

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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