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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150H · Covington, GA · February 5, 2025

Date: February 5, 2025 · 09:20 local
Place: Covington, GA
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N7029S
Reported as: Cessna 150H
Reported engine: Continental 0-200 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,870 total317 in this make and model86 in the last 90 days

N7029SRegistered now · Cessna 150HS/N 15067729 · Built 1967 Airframe modelCessna 150H 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.

Upon initiating a climb and change in heading the pilots applied power and noticed a loss of performance. The pilots who suspected carb ice but were unsure of the cause of the power loss, applied carb heat and noticed a further drop in engine performance.

The engine eventually quit and the pilots declared an emergency while attempting to restart the engine by enriching the mixture and priming the engine. The pilots eventually gave up on trying to restart the engine and landed the aircraft in a field with no injury or damage to the aircraft.

Weather this day was approx 53º f with a 52º f dewpoint, 100% humidity.

The privacy data omitted who is also the aircrafts mechanic noted no discrepancies with the aircraft. He replaced the carburetor despite no discrepancies and successfully relocated the aircraft with no incident.

As the FAA filed it

UPON INITIATING A CLIMB AND CHANGE IN HEADING THE PILOTS APPLIED POWER AND NOTICED A LOSS OF PERFORMANCE. THE PILOTS WHO SUSPECTED CARB ICE BUT WERE UNSURE OF THE CAUSE OF THE POWER LOSS, APPLIED CARB HEAT AND NOTICED A FURTHER DROP IN ENGINE PERFORMANCE.

THE ENGINE EVENTUALLY QUIT AND THE PILOTS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE BY ENRICHING THE MIXTURE AND PRIMING THE ENGINE. THE PILOTS EVENTUALLY GAVE UP ON TRYING TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD WITH NO INJURY OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

WEATHER THIS DAY WAS APPROX 53º F WITH A 52º F DEWPOINT, 100% HUMIDITY.

THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO IS ALSO THE AIRCRAFTS MECHANIC NOTED NO DISCREPANCIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT. HE REPLACED THE CARBURETOR DESPITE NO DISCREPANCIES AND SUCCESSFULLY RELOCATED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INCIDENT.