ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298265
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 November 2001 |
| Time: | 17:25 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150M |
| Owner/operator: | Florida Pilot School, Inc. |
| Registration: | N590AM |
| MSN: | 150-76540 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9231 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Stuart, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Stuart-Witham Field, FL (SUA/KSUA) |
| Stuart-Witham Field, FL (SUA/KSUA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot stated that prior to departure she fueled the airplane herself. She then departed Stuart and flew to Melbourne, Florida, and then returned to Stuart. The traffic pattern at Stuart was very busy, so she went to the practice area. She then made contact with the Stuart Control Tower and was cleared to enter right base for runway 7. She was about 8 miles from the airport, at 2,500 feet, and the engine was operating at 2,300 rpm. The engine then quit and she made a forced landing in a orange grove. Postcrash examination of the airplane by FAA inspectors showed the fuel selector was on, the right fuel tank was empty, and the left fuel tank contained 1.5 to 2 gallons of fuel. There was no evidence of fuel leakage from the airplane after the accident or in-flight prior to the accident. The engine tachometer showed the airplane had operated 3.1 flight hours since the pilot took the airplane. After the airplane was recovered, FAA inspectors observed company maintenance personnel attach a fuel supply to the engine and then start and operate the engine with no evidence of mechanical failure or malfunction. The Pilot Operating Handbook for the Cessna 150 shows the airplane has 3.5 gallons of unusable fuel.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper fuel consumption calculations resulting in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and collision with trees during a forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA02LA028
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Oct-2022 16:00 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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