# Incident 20251011020609I: Cessna 150M, Windsor Locks, CT, October 11, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2025, 11:51 local time
- Place: Windsor Locks, CT
- Airport: Bradley International Arport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9298° N, 72.6580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Windsor Locks, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9298&lon=-72.6580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63079, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63079) (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 17020
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 790 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251011020609I

## Narrative

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

THE MISHAP AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE SECOND LEG OF A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WITH A SINGLE OCCUPANT. AFER TAKING ON FUEL AT BAF, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FOR 47N. WHILE CLIMBING OUT THROUGH 2500 MSL, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF CYLINDER NUMBER 4. THE UPPER SECTION OF THE CYLINDER BARREL SEPERATED FROM THE LOWER SECTION APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES ABOVE THE CYLINDER FLANGE. THIS ALSO CAUSED CATASTROPHIC DESTRUCTION OF THE NUMBER FOUR PISTON AND BENDING OF THE NUMBER FOUR PUSHROD. THE SEVERE VIBRATION CAUSED THE PILOT TO SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE WITHIN GLIDING DISTANCE OF BDL. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND COMPLETED A SUCCESSFUL ENGINE OUT LANDING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

## Other reports on N63079 (1)

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

- [Incident 19781219023399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781219023399I), Dec 19, 1978: Cessna 150M (N63079), Broomfield, CO, Minor damage. Pilot made hard landing, nose wheel collapsed and plane slid off runway.

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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