# Incident 20240126000359I: Cessna 150K, Wahneta, FL, January 26, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 2024, 15:45 local time
- Place: Wahneta, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 457S
- Location: 27.9587° N, 81.7288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wahneta, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9587&lon=-81.7288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6310G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6310G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 962 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240126000359I

## Narrative

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

ON FRIDAY JANUARY 26, 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 15:45 LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, S/N 15071810 A CESSNA 150K, WHILE ENROUTE FROM KISSIMMEE TO BARTOW AT 2000’ LOST POWER, RUNNING VERY ROUGH, WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE SO A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A FIELD 3.7 MILES NE OF BARTOW AIRPORT (BOW) NEAR RIFLE RANGE ROAD, NEAR WAHNETA FL. 33880. (27.58' 36"N, 81.43' 36"W) THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNDAMAGED HOWEVER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT # 3 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE HEAD BROKE OFF DAMAGING THE CYLINDER AND PISTON.

## Other reports on N6310G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810903073339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810903073339I), Sep 3, 1981: Cessna 150K (N6310G), Daytona Beach, FL. Language and communication problems with pilot caused an air carrier aircraft to make a 360 turn for spacing.

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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