# Incident 19950219002159I: Cessna 150M, Mcgrath, AK, February 19, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1995, 17:20 local time
- Place: Mcgrath, AK
- Airport: Mcgrath
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 62.9564° N, 155.5958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McGrath, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.9564&lon=-155.5958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63460, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63460) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950219002159I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT DEPARTED MCGRATH AIRPORT WITHOUT REFUELING AFTER ARRIVING FROM LAKE HOOD, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA IN A PLEASURE FLIGHT. HIS PLAN WAS TO RETURN TO LAKE HOOD VIA MERRILL PASS, BUT EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN FINDING THE ENTRANCE AND SPENT ABOUT TWO (2) HOURS TRYING. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO RETURN TO MCGRATH, BUT ABOUT 6 NM SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED FUEL STARVATION AND THE PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A SNOW COVERED CLEARING. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO PROP AND NOSE GEAR. ACCORDING TO ENA FSS, THE PILOT FILED FOR EIGHT (8) HOURS ENROUTE, WITH 7.4 HOURS FUEL. AIRPLANE HAD STANDARD FUEL TANKS. INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N63460 (1)

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

- [Accident 19990906025469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990906025469A), Sep 6, 1999: Cessna 150 (N63460), Big Lake, AK, Substantial damage. (.19) On September 6, 1999, about 1130 Alaska daylight time, a Cessna 150 airplane, N63460, sustained substantial damage when it contacted brush during takeoff…

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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