# Accident 19960906026329A: Cessna 150L, Hope, ME, September 6, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1996, 18:45 local time
- Place: Hope, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.2651° N, 69.1589° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hope, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2651&lon=-69.1589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6632G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6632G-1998-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960906026329A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL, LANDED IN A FIELD AND FLIPPED OVER. (.4)WHILE RETURNING FROM A ROUND TRIP, CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER.  THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE, AND PERFORMED AN FORCED LANDING TO A GRASS FIELD.  DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AND WAS DAMAGED.  THE HOBBS METER READING INDICATED THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN OPERATED FOR 5.4 HRS.  THE PILOT SAID HE DEPARTED KNOWING HE WAS PUSHING THE ENVELOPE FOR FUEL, BUT HE FIGURED HE HAD ENOUGH TO GET HOME, SINCE THE LEFT TANK FUEL QUANTITY WAS ABOVE 1/4 AND THE RIGHT TANK FUEL QUANTITY SHOWED ABOVE ZERO. THE AIRPLANE HAD A SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE FOR USE OF AUTOMOTIVE GASOLINE.  THE PILOT SAID HE DID NOT REFUEL THE AIRPLANE DURING THE TRIP BECAUSE HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TOLD HIM TO USE AUTOMOTIVE GASOLINE ONLY.  HE WAS TOLD AUTOMOTIVE GASOLINE WAS UNAVAILABLE AT HIS POINTS OF LANDING; HOWEVER, AVIATION GASOLINE WAS AVAILABLE.  THE PILOT WAS NOT AWARE OF THE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN AUTOMOTIVE AND AVIATION GASOLINE.  THE AIRPLANE WAS EXAMINED BY AN FAA INSPECTOR; ACCORDING TO HIS REPORT, FUEL WAS FOUND IN A LINE BETWEEN THE GASCOLATOR AND CARBURETOR.  AT LEAST 1 GAL OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM    THE RIGHT FUEL TANK AND 2 OR 3 CUPS OF FUEL LEAKED OUT OF THE LEFT FUEL TANK. AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF FUEL WAS OBSERVED PUSHING OUT OF THE FUEL VENT TUBE.  NO PREIMPACT FAILURE OF THE ENGINE OR AIRFRAME WAS REPORTED.  THE AIRPLANE'S FUEL CAPACITY WAS 26 GAL, OF WHICH 3.5 GAL WERE UNSUABLE.

## 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 IAD96LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA144), Sep 6, 1996: Cessna 150L (N6632G), Hope, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: inadequate preflight, by not refueling the airplane during an en route stop, which led to fuel exhaustion, loss of engine power, and a subsequent forced landing.

## Other reports on N6632G (1)

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

- [Incident 19800224003769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800224003769I), Feb 24, 1980: Cessna 150L (N6632G), Millinocket, ME, Minor damage. Student made a precautionary landing in deep snow. Nosed over.

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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