ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294489
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| Date: | Friday 17 September 2004 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150L |
| Owner/operator: | Kerrville Aviation |
| Registration: | N11418 |
| MSN: | 15075405 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Engine model: | Continental O 200 A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mountain Home, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | LAMPASAS, TX (T28) |
| Kerrville Airport, TX (ERV/KERV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The 375-hour private pilot, before leaving Kerrville Municipal Airport, asked the line crew to "top off" the fuel tanks. The line crew indicated they had filled both tanks, but the pilot did not visually check the fuel level before departure. On the return flight from Lampasas Airport, while near Mountain Home, Texas and at approximately 2,800 feet above ground level, the engine briefly ran rough and then lost power. The pilot observed that the fuel gages were "one needles width above empty", and attempted to restart the engine. When the engine failed to start, the pilot elected to land in a freshly planted field. The pilot touched down and the initial landing roll were uneventful, but the nose gear subsequently collapsed and the airplane nosed over coming to rest inverted. The fuel system and engine were examined after the wreckage was recovered to a secure location. The engine was successfully run for 30 minutes. No anomalies were found that could have prevented normal engine operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's improper inflight planning which resulted in a loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW04CA239
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 11-Oct-2022 18:47 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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