ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 385427
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 August 2001 |
| Time: | 13:20 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150M |
| Owner/operator: | Aeromark, Inc |
| Registration: | N704SE |
| MSN: | 150-78831 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3395 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cincinnati, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Portsmouth Regional Airport, OH (PMH/KPMH) |
| Cincinnati Municipal Airport, OH (LUK/KLUK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot returned from a 2-plus hour cross-country flight, and entered the traffic pattern for landing at his home airport. The engine lost power, and the pilot performed a forced landing to a highway. Examination of the airplane revealed no pre-accident anomalies. The fuel system was intact with no leaks or damage noted. The fuel system was drained, and 1 gallon of fuel was collected. Both tanks were then serviced with 5 gallons of fuel, and a test run of the engine was performed. The engine started immediately and ran without interruption at various power settings. According to the airplane's owner's manual, the airplane had a fuel capacity of 26 gallons, 3.5 gallons of which are unusable. The pilot said he performed a preflight inspection of the airplane, but departed with an undetermined amount of fuel. He said, "I should not have trusted my fuel gauges and I should have had the tanks topped off so that I knew for sure how much fuel I had."
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB IAD01LA098
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Apr-2024 18:28 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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