# Incident 20190527011439I: Cessna 150M, Cario, IL, May 27, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2019, 20:23 local time
- Place: Cario, IL
- Airport: C Ario Regional Airporrt
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9244U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9244U) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 809 total, 11 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190527011439I

## Narrative

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

ON 05/27/2019,AIRCRAFT  N9244U, A CESSNA 150M, SERIAL # 15078194, DEPARTING FROM (CIR) CAIRO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE OUT LESURLY FLYING THIS DAY.  ARRIVING AT (2R2) HENDRICKS COUNTY AIRPORT ?GORDON GRAHAM FIELD, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

AFTER LANDING AT (2R2) THE PILOT FUELED THE AIRCRAFT WITH AN ADDITONAL 10.7 GAL, THE PILOT STATED HE BELIEVED THE FUEL TANK WAS APPROXIMATELY ½ FULL, AT 1730 HRS. THEY DEPARTED FOR (HSB).  AFTER ONE HOUR AND FORTY-FIVE MINUTE OF FLIGHT THEY ARRIVED AT (HSB), THE PILOT AND PASSENGER STATED THEY ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 4.01 GAL TO THE AIRCRAFT FOR THEIR NIGHT RESERVE, WITH NIGHT FALL APPROACHING THEY DEPARTED (HSB) AT 1915 HRS.

AFTER ABOUT ONE HOUR OF FLIGHT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED, THE ENGINE DROPPED IN RPM?S FROM 2500 RPM TO 1500 RPM.  AS THEY WERE GOING THROUGH THE CHECKLIST, THE ENGINE JUST STOPPED RUNNING. THEY ATTEMPTED TO RE-START BUT WITH NO SUCCESS.  THE PILOT LINED UP ON SOUTH BOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 57 AND LANDED IN THE RIGHT LANES QUICKLY EXITED THE HIGHWAY.  AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY AND EVACUATING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE FARTEST RIGHT SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND 18 WHEELER CLIPPED THE LEFT WING.

THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTAINED NO DAMAGE FROM THE INCIDENT. HOWEVER, IT DID SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FROM VEHICLE WHILE PARKED ON SIDE OF HIGHWAY, AND AGAIN DURING TRANSPORTATION TO (CIR). THERE WAS TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD AND SUFFERED NO INJURIES. WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS VMC

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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