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FAA incident report · Cessna 150L · Point Lookout, NY · November 4, 2019

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Date
November 4, 2019 · 14:19 local
Place
Point Lookout, NY
Airport
Long Island Mac Arthur
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N5390Q
Reported as
Cessna 150L
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,933 total400 in this make and model87 in the last 90 days
N5390QRegistered now · Cessna 150LS/N 15073290Airframe modelCessna 150LEngine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot ^robert lutz^ was piloting Cessna 150L N5390Q, when the aircraft's engine began stuttering at approx. 3000 ft. a few miles south of jfk airport. Passenger ^kristen steinhardt^ was also on board. The aircraft was returning to isp from W29 (bay bridge airport Maryland). The pilot suspected that the aircraft was experiencing carburetor icing and declared an emergency. The pilot decided that the safest course of action was to land on the beach at Point Lookout, hempstead NY. The aircraft landed safely with no injuries to pilot and passenger, and no damage to the aircraft. The aircraft, escorted by local law enforcement, was able to to taxi off of the beach into a near by parking lot. An engine operational check was performed by an aircraft recovery crew and observed by FAA inspectors. No defects were noted. Inspectors from this office concur that carburetor icing was the likely cause of the loss of engine power and subsequent emergency landing.a recovery crew was contracted by the aircraft owner's insurance company. An operational check was performed on the engine and the wings were removed for transport by truck back to isp, where it currently remains.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ^ROBERT LUTZ^ WAS PILOTING CESSNA 150L N5390Q, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE BEGAN STUTTERING AT APPROX. 3000 FT. A FEW MILES SOUTH OF JFK AIRPORT. PASSENGER ^KRISTEN STEINHARDT^ WAS ALSO ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO ISP FROM W29 (BAY BRIDGE AIRPORT MARYLAND). THE PILOT SUSPECTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXPERIENCING CARBURETOR ICING AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT DECIDED THAT THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO LAND ON THE BEACH AT POINT LOOKOUT, HEMPSTEAD NY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY WITH NO INJURIES TO PILOT AND PASSENGER, AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT, ESCORTED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, WAS ABLE TO TO TAXI OFF OF THE BEACH INTO A NEAR BY PARKING LOT. AN ENGINE OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED BY AN AIRCRAFT RECOVERY CREW AND OBSERVED BY FAA INSPECTORS. NO DEFECTS WERE NOTED. INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE CONCUR THAT CARBURETOR ICING WAS THE LIKELY CAUSE OF THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND SUBSEQUENT EMERGENCY LANDING.A RECOVERY CREW WAS CONTRACTED BY THE AIRCRAFT OWNER'S INSURANCE COMPANY. AN OPERATIONAL CHECK WAS PERFORMED ON THE ENGINE AND THE WINGS WERE REMOVED FOR TRANSPORT BY TRUCK BACK TO ISP, WHERE IT CURRENTLY REMAINS.