# Incident 19960710022399I: Cessna 150M, Jefferson, PA, July 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1996, 16:15 local time
- Place: Jefferson, PA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N66395, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66395) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 290 total, 230 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960710022399I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 10, 1996, AT 1615 HOURS, A CESSNA MODEL 150M, REGISTRATION N66395, REGISTERED TO INFINITY AIRCRAFT SERVICES, INC., MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ONTO A FIELD AT JEFFERSON, PA WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WEST CHESTER, PA ON JULY 10, 1996, AT 1210 HOURS. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING PREFLIGHT THE FUEL GAUGES READ 7/8 FULL. THIS WAS CONFIRMED WITH A VISUAL INSPECTION. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BRANDYWINE (N99) FOR HAGERSTOWN, MD (HGR). ON THE RETURN FLIGHT TO N99, 45 MILES EAST OF HGR, AT 3,500', THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER. AFTER APPLICATION OF CARB. HEAT, THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING ROUGH. A DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON A HAYFIELD, AND CAME TO REST ON A CORNFIELD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A TOTAL OF 4.5 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME WAS FLOWN SINCE LAST REFUELING. THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL CAPACITY IS 26 GALLONS WITH 3.5 GALLONS UNUSABLE. ONLY 2.5 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT THE INCIDENT SITE. A DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE THAT FUEL EXHAUSTION MADE THE ENGINE SPUTTER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS CASE IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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