20230319013879I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · La Grange, GA · March 19, 2023

Date
March 19, 2023 · 14:15 local
Place
La Grange, GA
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N8572U
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total40 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

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.

privacy data omitted Departed kcco to kpim on 3/19/23 at approx. 1400 LCL....aircraft began to lose power while in cruise flight...RPM went to approx 1600 ...pilot turned aircraft towards I-185 and proceeded to go through his emmergency procedures checklist...made 2 mayday calls and landed onto I-185 south between mile marker 35/36....no injuries to pilot, no pax, aircraft was undamaged.

After further investigation it was found that a nut had come off of the bolt that was connected to the throttle cable....thus resulting in a loss of power.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED KCCO TO KPIM ON 3/19/23 AT APPROX. 1400 LCL....AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOSE POWER WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT...RPM WENT TO APPROX 1600 ...PILOT TURNED AIRCRAFT TOWARDS I-185 AND PROCEEDED TO GO THROUGH HIS EMMERGENCY PROCEDURES CHECKLIST...MADE 2 MAYDAY CALLS AND LANDED ONTO I-185 SOUTH BETWEEN MILE MARKER 35/36....NO INJURIES TO PILOT, NO PAX, AIRCRAFT WAS UNDAMAGED.

AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT A NUT HAD COME OFF OF THE BOLT THAT WAS CONNECTED TO THE THROTTLE CABLE....THUS RESULTING IN A LOSS OF POWER.