# Accident 19890712025539A: Cessna 150G, Iola, WI, July 12, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1989, 15:00 local time
- Place: Iola, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5097° N, 89.1172° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Iola, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5097&lon=-89.1172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4054J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4054J-1992-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,470 total, 268 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890712025539A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RAN OUT OF FUEL ON LOCAL FLIGHT. OVERSHOT EMERGENCY LANDING FIELD AND HIT TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI89LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA133), Jul 12, 1989: Cessna 150 (N4054J), Iola, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE IMPROPER PREFLIGHT PLANNING BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND RESULTING IN THE AIRPLANE FUEL QUANTITY BEING NEAR THE UNUSABLE QUANTITY WHICH RESULTED IN TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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