# Incident 20250205002439I: Cessna 150H, Covington, GA, February 5, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2025, 09:20 local time
- Place: Covington, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6054° N, 83.8466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6054&lon=-83.8466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7029S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7029S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,870 total, 317 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250205002439I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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