# Incident 20230319013879I: Cessna 150M, La Grange, GA, March 19, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2023, 14:15 local time
- Place: La Grange, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0393° N, 85.0313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of LaGrange, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0393&lon=-85.0313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8572U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8572U) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 40 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230319013879I

## Narrative

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

^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.

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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