# Incident 19951201046059I: Cessna 150M, Pella, IA, December 1, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1995, 18:30 local time
- Place: Pella, IA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4047° N, 92.9174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pella, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4047&lon=-92.9174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66271, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66271) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 65 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951201046059I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 12/1/95, N66271 DEPARTED JOLIET PARK DISTRICT AIRPORT (JOT) AT 1500 CST ENROUTE TO DES MOINES, IOWA (DSM). THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED AT JOT WITH 16.9 GALS. OF 100LL FUEL. A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION INDICATED THAT THE TANKS WERE FULL (22.5 GALS. USABLE FUEL). AN UNPLANNED LANDING WAS MADE AT MUSCATINE, IOWA (MUT) AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 CST WITH A DEPARTURE AT 1730 CST ENROUTE TO DSM. AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 CST, THREE MILES NORTHWEST OF PELLA, IOWA (PEA) AT 4500' MSL, THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON HWY 163 THREE MILES NORTHWEST OF PEA. THE FUEL TANKS WERE CHECKED AND APPEARED TO BE EMPTY. (FLIGHT TIME FROM JOT TO PEA, INCLUDING A FUEL STOP AT MUT WAS 3.1 HOURS). THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED AND FLOWN TO PEA. AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF THE EMERGENCY LANDING. FUEL RANGE AT 2700 RPM (MAX POWER) WOULD HAVE BEEN 3.8 HOURS; THEREFORE, THE AMOUNT OF FUEL ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR NIGHT VFR FLIGHT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N66271 (2)

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

- [Accident 19990809011239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990809011239A), Aug 9, 1999: Cessna 150M (N66271), Perry, IA, Substantial damage. Airspeed too low, applied power, lowered nose, bounced, veered off to left into soybean field. (-23) pilot was practicing landings at Perry, Iowa. On second…
- [Incident 19780503031729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780503031729I), May 3, 1978: Cessna 150 (N66271), Diagonal, IA. Forced landing after engine quit due to fuel starvation.

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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