ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353685
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| Date: | Monday 5 October 1998 |
| Time: | 04:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8655S |
| MSN: | 15061955 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4400 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Muskegon, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Michigan City, IN |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane was stolen from the Michigan City Airport, Michigan City, Indiana, between October 4 and October 6, 1998. It was located on October 24, 1998, in a swamp in Muskegon, Michigan. Inspection of the wreckage revealed fuel exhaustion. According to the hobbs meter the airplane was flown four hours after being stolen. A suspect was arrested on December 14, 1998.
Probable Cause: poor in-flight planning by an unqualified person which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A factor was the swamp in which the forced landing was made.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI99LA009
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Mar-2024 09:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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