ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 364400
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| Date: | Thursday 10 October 1991 |
| Time: | 17:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150E |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2563J |
| MSN: | 15061063 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cassville, MO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Golden, MO (MO61) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE LIGHT SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE WAS FLYING A WIDE DOWNWIND LEG FOR LANDING. THE PILOT APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT AND BEGAN TO REDUCE POWER. THE ENGINE CEASED TO RUN DURING THE POWER REDUCTION PROCESS. THE PILOT STATED HE REALIZED HE COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AND DECIDED TO LAND IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LEVEL, GREEN COLORED, FIELD NEAR THE AIRPORT. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE ROLLED DOWNHILL THEN PROCEEDED UPHILL. DURING THE UPHILL LANDING ROLL THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A ROCK AND IT'S NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, NOSED OVER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ROCK STRIKE. AN ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE FUEL TANKS WERE DEVOID OF FUEL. THERE WAS NO FUEL SPILLAGE NOR WAS FUEL FOUND IN THE CARBURETOR FLOAT CHAMBER.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND PREPARATION. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THIS ACCIDENT WERE FUEL EXHAUSTION, A HIDDEN OBSTRUCTION WITHIN THE TERRAIN THE PILOT LANDED ON AND A COLLAPSED NOSEGEAR.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI92LA005
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 19-Mar-2024 14:35 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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