# Accident 19970405045919A: Cessna 150E, Wolfeboro, NH, April 5, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Wolfeboro, NH
- Airport: Lakes Region Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5936° N, 71.2116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wolfeboro, NH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5936&lon=-71.2116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6106T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6106T-2015-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,593 total, 25 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970405045919A

## Narrative

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

(.4) THE PILOT FUELED HIS AIRPLANE AND FLEW A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FOR A TOTAL DURATION OF 4 HOURS. AFTER LANDING BACK AT HIS DEPARTURE AIRPORT, THE PILOT DEPARTED FOR ANOTHER FLIGHT WITHOUT REFUELING.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGES READ 1/4, BUT ON TAKEOFF HE RAN OUT OF FUEL, AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER.  HE PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING STRAIGHT AHEAD ONTO THE RUNWAY, AND STRUCK A MOUND OF DIRT BEYOND THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.   EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED LESS THEN 2 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINED IN THE WING TANKS.  THE PILOT'S OPERATING HANDBOOK STATED THE FUEL TANKS CONTAINED 3 1/2 GALLONS OF UNUSABLE FUEL.

## 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 NYC97LA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97LA070), Apr 5, 1997: Cessna 150E (N6106T), Wolfeboro, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper preflight, and failure to refuel the airplane, which resulted in fuel exhaustion during the initial climb after takeoff, and the subsequent forced landing and collision with a…

## Other reports on N6106T (1)

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

- [Accident 19760322007149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760322007149A), Mar 22, 1976: Cessna 150E (N6106T), Dillingham, AK, Substantial damage

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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