# Accident 19950402006349A: Cessna 150G, Dayton, OH, April 2, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1995, 12:45 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Airport: Moraine Air Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6821° N, 84.2400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORAINE AIR PARK (I73), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6821&lon=-84.2400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6293S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6293S-1996-01-10) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 135 total, 96 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950402006349A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL NEAR DESTINATION. TRIED LAND ON BIKE PATH. STRUCK DITCH AND FLIPPED OVER. (-23) CESSNA N6293S DEPARTED VFR AT APPROXIMATE 1333 UTC FROM COLLEGE DALE IN (3M3) DIRECT TO MORAINE OH (I73). ON FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING (RWY 23) AT MORAINE AIRPARK, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND QUIT. AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON BICYCLE PATH EAST AIRPORT AT 1245 UTC. LANDING WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURY TO PILOT OR PASSENGER. PIC STATED AFTER ENGINE LOST POWER, HE MADE ONE ATTEMPT TO RESTART ENGINE AND RETRACKED FLAPS TO EXTEND HIS GLIDE.HE THEN DETERMINED THAT AIRCRAFT WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO MAKE RUNWAY AND DECIDED TO LAND ON BICYCLE PATH, HORIZONTAL TO RUNWAY. PIC ALSO STATED THAT HE MIGHT HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS OR MAYBE THE CARBURETOR WAS DAMAGED FROM ENGINE BACK FIRE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START ENGINE BEFORE DEPARTING COLLEGE DALE TN. HE ALSO STATED HE PERSONALLY FUELED AIRCRAFT BEFORE DEPARTURE AND THAT THE TANKS WERE FULL.

## 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 NYC95LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA082), Apr 2, 1995: Cessna 150G (N6293S), Dayton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight and inflight planning, resulting in fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power, and the subsequent nose over during a forced landing.

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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