# Accident 19961109035099A: Cessna 150M, Tulsa, OK, November 9, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 1996, 19:43 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Tulsa International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1984° N, 95.8881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TULSA INTL (TUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1984&lon=-95.8881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8960U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8960U-2013-05-17) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 78 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW97LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961109035099A

## Narrative

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

ON FLIGHT MANEUVERS. LOSS OF ENGINE POWER, UNABLE TO MAKE AIRPORT. RAN OUT OF FUEL. (-23) ON NOVEMBER 9, 1996, THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED WILEY POST AIRPORT, BETHANY, OKLAHOMA. SHORTLY AFTER 1530 CST, ON AN UNAUTHORIZED SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO GROVE, OKLAHOMA. HE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE GROVE, OKLAHOMA AIRPORT AND PROCEEDED TO VINITA, OKLAHOMA, AND LANDED. FUEL WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT VINITA, OKLAHOMA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TRIED TO TELEPHONE SEVERAL AIRPORTS NEARBY TO SEE IF FUEL WAS AVAILABLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT ANYONE. HE THEN ELECTED TO FLY TO TULSA OKLAHOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TUL), APPROXIMATELY 50 STATUTE MILES AWAY. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36L AT TUL, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED APPROXIMATELY 1.4 MILES FROM THE RUNWAY. SEVEN QUARTS OF FUEL WERE RECOVERED FROM THE AIRCRAFT FUEL TANKS. NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.

## 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 FTW97LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA036), Nov 10, 1996: Cessna 150M (N8960U), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion due the student pilot's failure to refuel. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

## Other reports on N8960U (3)

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

- [Incident 19950601016989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950601016989I), Jun 1, 1995: Cessna 150M (N8960U), Purcell, OK, Minor damage. Narrative: during practice of landings, student bounced airplane twice, on third bounce, aircraft impacted nose wheel on runway which resulted in nose wheel…
- [Incident 19931022051819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931022051819I), Oct 22, 1993: Cessna 150M (N8960U), Fort Sill, OK. During landing at wrong airport pilot realized his mistake. Made a touch and go landing. Departed airport.
- [Accident 19921026043749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921026043749A), Oct 26, 1992: Cessna 150M (N8960U), Norman, OK, Substantial damage. Buzzed grandmothers house,impacted in back yard. Bounced over house and crashed in front yard.

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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