ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264060
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| Date: | Saturday 15 February 2020 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150M |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N714ER |
| MSN: | 15079124 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wadsworth, Ohio -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ravenna-Portage County Airport, OH (KPOV) |
| Wadsworth, OH (3G3) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was on approach to land the airplane when the engine lost power and the airplane landed short of the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the engine mount.
After the accident, a mechanic drained 2 gallons of fuel from the fuel tanks, which would not have been usable in flight. The pilot estimated there had been 7 gallons of fuel in the fuel tanks before the half-hour flight, and there is no evidence that the airplane had been fueled before the accident flight. The circumstances of the accident are consistent with the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Given the length of flight and the average fuel burn, the pilot didn't ensure sufficient fuel was onboard before departure.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN20LA092
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2021 07:09 | aaronwk | Added |
| 30-Jun-2022 11:20 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2022 10:17 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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