# Incident 20220907021149I: Cessna 150F, Tracy, CA, September 7, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2022, 14:56 local time
- Place: Tracy, CA
- Airport: Tracy Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6889° N, 121.4416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRACY MUNI (TCY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6889&lon=-121.4416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N823F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N823F-2024-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 230 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220907021149I

## Narrative

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

THE PIC AND FLT INSTRUCTOR WERE PRACTICING SOME MANUEVERS IN PREPERATION FOR A "SINGLE ENGINE CHECK RIDE". MANUEVERS INCLUDED STEEP TURNS, LAZY 8, CHANDELLE, STEEP SPIRALS AND ENDING WITH A SOFT FIELD LANDING. THEN A SHORT FIELD /MAX POWER TAKEOFF FOLLOWED AND CLIMB TO APPROXIMATELY 100FT. WHILE MAINTAINING A STABLE AIRSPEED. INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED A SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE AND IDLING OF THE ENGINE.

AN ENGINE FAILURE EVENT REQUIRES THE PIC TO PITCH THE NOSE DOWN TO GAIN AIRSPEED.  IN THIS CASE, THE PIC FLARED TOO HIGH AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT.  IMMEDIATELY, THE FLT INSTRUCTOR INCREASED ENGINE POWER AND THE PIC RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT ATTEMPTING TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ALTHOUGH, THE LANDING FELT UNSTABLE AND BOTH PIC AND FLT. INSTRUCTOR AGREED TO GO AROUND.

DURING CLIMBOUT THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO PRODUCE FULL POWER.  PIC AND FLT INSTRUCTOR STATED "THE CARBURATOR HEAT WAS LEFT IN THE "ON " POSITION DURING THE SIMULATED LOSS OF POWER EXCERCISE AND BECAME STUCK". BOTH PIC AND FLT INSTRUCTOR WERE UNABLE TO PUSH THE CARBURATOR HEAT CONTROL TO THE CLOSED POSITION AND RESUME FULL ENGINE POWER AND PROCEED WITH CLIMBOUT.

AS A RESULT OF THAT STATED CONDITION; THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO LOSE ALTITUDE AND BOTH PILOTS (PRACTICING CRM) LEVELED THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED LONG ON RUNWAY 12/30. THE AIRCRAFT HIT A DIRT BERM, PITCHING THE NOSE AND NOSE LANDING GEAR OVER.

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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