# Incident 20220108000369I: Cessna 150M, Fletcher, NC, January 8, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2022, 19:31 local time
- Place: Fletcher, NC
- Airport: Asheville Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4361° N, 82.5420° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASHEVILLE RGNL (AVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4361&lon=-82.5420&mi=10
- Aircraft: N150GN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N150GN) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220108000369I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT OWNER AND PILOT WAS OPERATING N150GN WITH ONE PASSENGER FROM 1AR TO AVL.  AT 9000', PILOT NOTED ENGINE PERFORMANCE WAS DETERIORATING.  PILOT WAS COMMUNICATING WITH AVL TOWER WHEN TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER OCCURRED.  PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY DURING DECENT TO AVL, PILOT WAS ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE BUT WITH LIMITED PERFORMANCE.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY LAND AT AVL WITHOUT FURTHER COMPLICATIONS.  SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL FOUND A STUCK VALVE IN #4 CYLINDER. ENGTT NEARING 1000HRS SMO.

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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