# Incident 20250222003609I: Cessna 150M, Winchester, VA, February 22, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2025, 15:00 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Airport: Winchester Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: VZ7S
- Location: 39.1435° N, 78.1444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINCHESTER RGNL (OKV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1435&lon=-78.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66333, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66333) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 878 total, 1 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250222003609I

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO OVER-PRIMING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS PLACED A LABEL ABOVE PRIMER THAT INDICATED ½ PUMP ONLY DO NOT OVER PRIME. THIS LABEL WAS VERY FADED AND NOT LEGIBLE. INSTRUCTOR PILOT ACCOMPLISHED NORMAL PRIMING WHICH RESULTED IN CARBURETOR FIRE DURING START.

INSTRUCTOR PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO CARBURETOR FIRE DURING START BY CLOSING MIXTURE TO CUTOFF AND CONTINUING TO MOTOR ENGINE TO SUCK FIRE BACK INTO CARURETOR, EXTINGUISHING FIRE.

AIRPLANE DETERMINED TO BE AIRWORTHY PRIOR TO INCIDENT. OCCURRENCE DETERMINED TO BE MINOR DAMAGE CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT IAW 49 CFR PART 830 AND FAA POLICY.

## Other reports on N66333 (1)

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

- [Incident 19920710033389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920710033389I), Jul 10, 1992: Cessna 150M (N66333), Stinestown, PA. Pilot lost. ATC vectored toward airport. Engine malfunctioned. Precautionary landing in field. Suspect carb ice.

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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