# Incident 19940311008409I: Cessna 150M, Kansas City, KS, March 11, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1994, 16:40 local time
- Place: Kansas City, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1142° N, 94.6275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1142&lon=-94.6275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3123V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3123V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 88 total, 29 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940311008409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1994, MR. COLIN MCKEE DEPARTED MKC AT 16:00 CST IN A CESSNA 150, N3123V FOR A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO COFFEY COUNTY AIRPORT, KS., AND RETURN TO MKC. PILOT STATED THAT AT TIME OF DEPARTURE FROM MKC HE HAD 1/2 TANK OF FUEL ABOARD. MR. MC KEE MADE A TOUCH AND GO AT COFFEY CO. AIRPORT AT 17:00 CST, AT THAT TIME HE HAD 1/4 TANK OF FUEL SHOWING ON EACH TANK GAUGE. AT 17:40 CST, JUST SHORT OF LANDING AT MKD MC KEE REPORTED THAT HIS ENGINE HAD QUIT. PILOT MADE AN OFF FIELD LANDING APPROX. 5 MILES WEST OF MKC. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY HAD COLLAPSED, LEFT FORWARD ENGINE MOUNT WAS CRACKED AT THE ENGINE. NO VISIBLE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED. PILOT STATED THAT HE JUST RAN OUT OF FUEL. AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM HOLDS 26 GALLONS OF FUEL WITH 22.5 GALLONS USABLE. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 GALLONS LEFT IN THE FUEL TANKS. FUEL SYSTEM WAS CHECKED AND OPERATED PROPERLY. AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED TO MKC BY THE OWNER AND THE ENGINE INSPECTED AND STARTED WITH OUT ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE. LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION 10-23-93.ELT INSTALLED BUT DID NOT ACTIVATE. BAT DUE 12-95. ACE-FSDO-05 INCIDENT NUMBER CE94IGA0044.

## Other reports on N3123V (1)

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

- [Incident 19780304015239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780304015239I), Mar 4, 1978: Cessna 150 (N3123V), Killeen, TX, Minor damage. Flight returned from low altitude photographic mission with windshield collapsed & wire marks on the wings.

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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