Accident Cessna 150 N9218U,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 382715
 
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Date:Sunday 16 January 1983
Time:18:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic C150 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 150
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N9218U
MSN: 150678168
Total airframe hrs:2450 hours
Engine model:Continental O-200A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Campbell, MN -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:St. Cloud, MN (KSTC)
Destination airport:Wahpeton, ND (D63)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A COUNTRY ROAD DURING A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. DURING THE GROUND ROLL THE ACFT LEFT THE ROAD AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED. THE PILOT STARTED THIS FLIGHT THE PREVIOUS DAY WITH STATED FUEL SUPPLY OF 23 GALLONS. THE ACFT FUEL CAPACITY IS 26 GALLONS. THE FIRST LEG OF THE TRIP TO BUFFALO, MN TOOK ABOUT ONE AND A HALF HOURS. THE NEXT DAY THE PILOT FLEW LOCALLY ONE HOUR AND THEN FLEW TO ST. CLOUD, MN. THE ACFT WAS SERVICED WITH '10 GALLONS OF FUEL' AFTER WHICH THE PILOT FLEW LOCALLY WITH HIS SISTER FOR ANUNDETERMINED TIME. THE PILOT THEN DEPARTED FOR WAHPETON, A DISTANCE OF 124 MILES. THIRTEEN MILES SHORT OF WAHPETON THE ENGINE STOPPED. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED ONE QUARTER OF A GALLON OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANK AND ONE GALLON IN THE LEFT TANK.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: CHI83LA083
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB CHI83LA083

Revision history:

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