# Incident 20200307006039I: Cessna 150L, Sunbury, OH, March 7, 2020 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 7, 2020, 15:30 local time - Place: Sunbury, OH - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.2406° N, 82.8720° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sunbury, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2406&lon=-82.8720&mi=10 - Aircraft: N11358, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11358) (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: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 1,133 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200307006039I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. DATE AND TIME: MARCH 7, 2020, 1400 HOURS EDST REGISTRATION: N11358 CESSNA AIRCRAFT 150L INJURIES: NONE AIRCRAFT BASED AT: KNOX COUNTY MOUNT VERNON, OHIO 4I3 FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER PART 91, GENERAL AVIATION- VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. ABOUT 1400 ON MARCH 7, 2020 CESSNA N11358 EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AT ABOUT 2,500 FEET OVER A RURAL AREA OF CENTRAL OHIO. THE ENGINE WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO THROTTLE INPUTS AND THE PILOT IN COMMAND DECIDED TO CONDUCT AN EMERGENCY OFF AIRPORT LANDING. FORCED LANDING PROCEDURES WERE FOLLOWED GIVEN THE TIME PERMITTED. THE FINAL LANDING APPROACH WAS INITIATED DOWN THE ROWS OF THE HARVESTED SOY BEAN FIELD. LANDING WAS FIRM AND THE PLANE SKIDDED ON THE WHEELS IN THE SOFT MUD ABOUT 40 FEET WITH THE MAINS TOUCHING FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE WHEEL ABOUT 10 FEET PAST THE MAIN GEAR TOUCH-DOWN POINT. NO PERSONAL INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY EITHER THE PILOT OR PILOT PASSENGER. ON INITIAL INSPECTION BY THE PILOTS NO DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE ON OR TO THE AIRCRAFT. NEIGHBORS ASSISTED BY HELPING TO LOCATE THE AIRCRAFT TO A DRYER AREA ABOUT 100 YARDS FROM THE INITIAL TOUCH-DOWN POINT. OWNER PILOT AND PILOT PASSENGER CALLED THE FAA AND THE OHIO HIGHWAY PATROL AS WELL AS OTHER AUTHORITIES TO REPORT THE INCIDENT. THE PASSENGER PILOT CONTACTED AN IA FOR ASSISTANCE. THE IA ARRIVED WITHIN A SHORT TIME AND REMOVED THE COWLING AND FOUND THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS DISCONNECTED AND LOOSE FROM THE CARBURETOR ARM. REPAIRS WERE MADE BY THE IA IN THE FIELD TO RECONNECT THE THROTTLE CABLE ASSEMBLY TO THE CARBURETOR ARM. THE IA REMOVED THE WHEEL FAIRINGS SINCE THEY WERE CLOGGED WITH MUD AND PLANT DEBRIS. THE IA REINSTALLED THE ENGINE COWL AND CONDUCTED AND INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING THE LANDING GEAR AS WELL AS CONDUCTING A PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION. THE IA REMOVED ABOUT 12 GALLONS OF FUEL FROM THE NEARLY FULL TANKS TO LIGHTEN THE AIRCRAFT. ACCORDINGLY THE IA FOUND THE AIRCRAFT AIRWORTHY AND CAPABLE OF DEPARTING THE FIELD TO FLY BACK TO THE HOME AIRPORT 4I3 ABOUT 18 MILES EAST. THE IA WALKED THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BEAN FIELD AND SUGGESTED THE BEST AREA TO USE AS A DEPARTURE RUNWAY. THE IA AND OWNER PILOT REVIEWED SOFT FIELD TAKE OFF PROCEDURES. ## Other reports on N11358 (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19741101041489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741101041489A), Nov 1, 1974: Cessna A150K (N11358), S Russell, OH, Substantial damage - [Accident 19740209003139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740209003139A), Feb 9, 1974: Cessna 150L (N11358), Chagrin Fall, OH, Substantial damage. Acft rolled l ldg gr hit snowbank. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.