ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 66684
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 July 2009 |
| Time: | 16:02 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150M |
| Owner/operator: | Lexington Flying Club Inc |
| Registration: | N6433K |
| MSN: | 15077702 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7430 hours |
| Engine model: | Teledyne Continental O-200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Brittany Farms, Lexington, Kentucky -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Owensboro, KS (OWB) |
| Lexington, KY (LEX) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot departed on the outbound leg of a cross country flight with the fuel tanks filled to "1/8-inch below the solid ring of the [fuel filler] neck." He departed on the return leg of the flight without refueling the airplane, and about 6 miles prior to reaching the final destination, the engine lost power. The pilot adjusted the engine controls, which restored engine power briefly, but it again lost power, and he subsequently performed a forced landing. The airplane touched down, struck a fence, and was substantially damaged. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector reported that there was no odor of fuel, no evidence of fuel spillage, and that the airplane contained less than 8 quarts of fuel at the scene. When asked how the accident could have been prevented, the pilot stated "even though indications were that there was sufficient fuel for the return flight, getting fuel at [the departure airport] as a precaution would have prevented the accident."
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate fuel manangement.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jul-2009 20:32 | slowkid | Added |
| 29-Jul-2009 04:11 | slowkid | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:25 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 02-Dec-2017 15:48 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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