# Incident 20191104018809I: Cessna 150L, Point Lookout, NY, November 4, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 2019, 14:19 local time
- Place: Point Lookout, NY
- Airport: Long Island Mac Arthur
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7961° N, 73.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG ISLAND MAC ARTHUR (ISP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7961&lon=-73.1007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5390Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5390Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,933 total, 400 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191104018809I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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