ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180003
Last updated: 28 August 2020
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| Date: | 09-JUL-2004 |
| Time: | 14:20 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150M |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8959U |
| C/n / msn: | 78029 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Sherrill, Arkansas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Stuttgart, AR (SGT) |
| Sherrill, AR | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
While on the final leg of a solo cross-country flight, approximately 1 mile from the airport, the airplane's engine lost power. The student pilot initiated a forced landing to a cornfield. During the forced landing, the airplane impacted cornstalks, the terrain, and came to rest upright in a field. The pilot stated "[visual] examination [revealed] that fuel exhaustion [caused the accident]." The engine was test run on the airframe and ran at various power settings for approximately 2 minutes with no anomalies noted.
Probable Cause: the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040712X00954&key=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Sep-2015 13:46 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:13 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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