# Accident 19900715025949A: Cessna A150M, Moorhead, MN, July 15, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1990, 19:50 local time
- Place: Moorhead, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.8609° N, 96.7503° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8609&lon=-96.7503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9873J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9873J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150M (registry code 2071831, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 87 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900715025949A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL 10 MILES FROM DESTINATION AIRPORT. LANDED ON GRAVEL ROAD AND VEERED INTO A DITCH.

## 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 CHI90LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90LA188), Jul 16, 1990: Cessna 150 (N9873J), Moorhead, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S POOR IN-FLIGHT PLANNING AND FUEL SYSTEM MONITORING, AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE SUBSEQUENT FORCED LANDING.

## Other reports on N9873J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19780626029121A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780626029121A), Jun 26, 1978: Cessna A150K (N9873J), Jacksonville, TX, Minor damage. Acft collided while formation flying on photo mission-both acft ld safely.

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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