ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 298225
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| Date: | Sunday 9 December 2001 |
| Time: | 17:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150K |
| Owner/operator: | Oahu Aviation Flight School, Inc. |
| Registration: | N6136G |
| MSN: | 15071636 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9053 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Honolulu, Oahu, HI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lanai Airport, HI (LNY/PHNY) |
| Honolulu-Daniel K. Inouye International Airport, HI (HNL/PHNL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot rented the airplane and did not fill the fuel tanks prior to taking off for a planned round-robin flight between the islands of Oahu and Lanai. The pilot spent about 30 minutes on the ground at Lanai during which time he did not check the quantity of fuel in the tanks. No fuel was obtained at Lanai, and the pilot attempted to fly back to Oahu. After flying a total of approximately 1.9 hours, fuel starvation occurred about 8 miles east of the pilot's intended destination, the Honolulu International Airport. The pilot made a forced landing in a park and during rollout the airplane collided with a mango tree. During the postimpact airplane examination, the undamaged right wing fuel tank was found containing several drops of fuel. The damaged (but not breached) left wing fuel tank contained about 1 quart of fuel. According to the Cessna Aircraft Company, the airplane's nominal fuel consumption rate is 6.0 gallons per hour, and its unusable fuel in all flight conditions is about 3.5 gallons.
Probable Cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and improper in-flight decision and planning.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX02LA044
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2022 15:31 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 15-Jun-2023 04:16 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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