# Incident 19920113001269I: Cessna 150H, Sioux City, IA, January 13, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1992, 14:10 local time
- Place: Sioux City, IA
- Airport: Sioux Gateway
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5000° N, 96.4003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sioux City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5000&lon=-96.4003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7245S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7245S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 524 total, 6 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920113001269I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE LOST POWER IN TRAFFIC PATTERN. FORCED LANDING ON TAXIWAY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL.

## Other reports on N7245S (2)

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

- [Incident 19900329014349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900329014349I), Mar 29, 1990: Cessna 150H (N7245S), Stanberry, MO. Engine quit due to fuel exhaustion. Declared emergency and made forced landing in field.
- [Incident 19890102006259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890102006259I), Jan 2, 1989: Cessna 150H (N7245S), Minneapolis, MN. Power loss after takeoff. Landed on same runway but ran off end. Found water in fuel system.

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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