# Accident 20210217003899A: Cessna 150G, Indian Head, MD, February 17, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2021, 09:44 local time
- Place: Indian Head, MD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5856° N, 77.0678° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5856&lon=-77.0678&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8428J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8428J-2024-05-11) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,221 total, 25 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210217003899A

## Narrative

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

WHILE PRACTICING A LEFT HAND CHANDELLE MANEUVER, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED SOME ROUGHNESS AND THE CREW (FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND PILOT-RATED STUDENT) ELECTED TO DIVERT TO THE MARYLAND AIRPORT (2W5). THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO CLIMB APPROXIMATELY 2,500? WHILE TRAVELING THE APPROXIMATE 10 NM DISTANCE TO THE AIRPORT AND ARRIVED IN THE VICINITY OF 2W5, WITH THE ENGINE STILL PRODUCING POWER, AT APPROXIMATELY 3,000? AGL. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND EXECUTED A STEEP, SLIPPING APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY BUT WAS UNABLE TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT DOWN ENOUGH TO TOUCH DOWN. A GO-AROUND WAS EXECUTED AND THE ENGINE PRODUCED POWER FOR A FEW SECONDS BUT THEN STOPPED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 200-400? MSL. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE INTO TREES WHICH CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NEITHER THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR NOR STUDENT RECEIVED ANY INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA21LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA132), Feb 17, 2021: Cessna 150G (N8428J), Indian Head, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to detect water in the fuel during the preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power. Contributing was the flight instructor’s mismanagement of the…

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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