Title: CESSNA 150, N8115F, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE OWNER AND OPERATED BY
Report Date: 02/24
Plane Crash Problem: On February 22, 2003, at 1320 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150, N8115F, registered to a private owner and operated by the Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) collided with trees seven miles west of the Russell Airport in Rome, Georgia. The instructional flight was operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the local training flight. The flight instructor and student pilot were not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The training flight originated from the Russell Airport in Rome, Georgia, at 1300.
According to the CFI, the student pilot was practicing emergency procedures and had been instructed to power back to idle and look for a place to land. A short time later, the CFI instructed the student increase engine power, but the engine only developed about 1900 RPM. The CFI took control of the airplane and applied carburetor heat. The engine rpm decreased to 1000 rpm, and the carburetor heat was turned off. Unable to maintain altitude, the CFI made a forced landing to a golf course. The airplane collided with trees during the forced landing nearly separating the right wing and substantially damaging the left.
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