ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296133
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| Date: | Sunday 9 March 2003 |
| Time: | 15:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150K |
| Owner/operator: | Bill Bishop |
| Registration: | N6066G |
| MSN: | 15071566 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5321 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sherman, Texas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Mc Kinney, TX (TX05) |
| Sherman Municipal Airport, TX (KSWI) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Prior to the flight, the student pilot preflighted the airplane and determined the fuel tanks contained approximately 7 1/2 gallons, or 1 hour and 15 mintues of fuel. The flight instructor reported that when he arrived at the airport, the student pilot had already completed the airplane preflight, and subsequently, the flight instructor did not preflight the airplane. The flight instructor and student pilot then decided that they would stop at an airport for fuel before continuning with the instructional flight. The departure airport did not have fuel service available. Approximately 20 minutes into the flight, and 3 miles south of the refueling airport, the engine lost total power. During a forced landing, the airplane struck a culvert and came to rest upright. No evidence of fuel was found in the fuel tanks at the accident site.
Probable Cause: The flight instructor's failure to refuel the airplane which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW03LA107
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 16:59 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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