# Incident 19960518016899I: Cessna 150L, Colver, PA, May 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1996, 17:38 local time
- Place: Colver, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5427° N, 78.7892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colver, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5427&lon=-78.7892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19296, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19296-2018-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,085 total, 150 in this make and model, 106 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960518016899I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT GIVEN BY THE PILOT, HE TALKED TO THE PILOT WHO FLEW THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO HIS FLIGHT, WHO STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOPPED OFF THEN FLOWN FOR 1.5 HOURS. MR. RYAN THEN VISUALLY CHECKED FUEL LEVELS, THEN TOOK OFF FOR A FLIGHT THAT LASTED 1 HOUR AND 45 MINUTES. APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES NORTH OF HIS DESTINATION, THE ENGINE QUIT. MR. RYAN THEN LANDED SAFELY ON A DIRT ROAD. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.

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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