20220806014199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150L · Shirley, NY · August 6, 2022

Date: August 6, 2022 · 11:00 local
Place: Shirley, NY
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N621AP
Reported as: Cessna 150L
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot

N621APRegistered now · Cessna 150LS/N 15073078 · Built 1971 Airframe modelCessna 150L Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

At approximately 10:40AM EST aircraft departed hwv for a routine banner pickup and tow to coney island. The pickup was uneventful. At approximately 10:50AM the aircraft experienced an instantaneous loss of power just west of moriches inlet at which point the pilot noticed losses in altitude. The engine was backfiring

Constantly. At full throttle the pilot was unable to maintain altitude and continued to descend. The pilot made a decidion to land at the nearest land point which was the beach.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:40AM EST AIRCRAFT DEPARTED HWV FOR A ROUTINE BANNER PICKUP AND TOW TO CONEY ISLAND. THE PICKUP WAS UNEVENTFUL. AT APPROXIMATELY 10:50AM THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED AN INSTANTANEOUS LOSS OF POWER JUST WEST OF MORICHES INLET AT WHICH POINT THE PILOT NOTICED LOSSES IN ALTITUDE. THE ENGINE WAS BACKFIRING

CONSTANTLY. AT FULL THROTTLE THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AND CONTINUED TO DESCEND. THE PILOT MADE A DECIDION TO LAND AT THE NEAREST LAND POINT WHICH WAS THE BEACH.