# Accident 19970520045759A: Cessna 150L, Groveland, CA, May 20, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1997, 16:00 local time
- Place: Groveland, CA
- Airport: Pine Mountain Lake Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1099° N, 120.3795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1099&lon=-120.3795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19315, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19315) (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 certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX97LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970520045759A

## Narrative

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

(.4) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON AN ENDORSED SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT AND MADE AN UNPLANNED STOP EN-ROUTE. HE DID NOT REFUEL AT THE STOP.  ACCORDING TO THE HOBBS RECORDING HOUR METER HE HAD OPERATED THE AIRPLANE FOR 4 HOURS.  UPON ARRIVING AT HIS DESTINATION HE ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND DURING WHICH THE ENGINE FAILED.  THE OPERATOR/INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE HAD RUN THE AIRPLANE OUT OF FUEL.  THE PILOT OPERATOR HANDBOOK GIVES AN ENDURANCE OF 4.1 HOURS AT 75 PERCENT POWER AND 7,000 FEET FOR THE INSTALLED FUEL SYSTEM.

## 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 LAX97LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX97LA186), May 20, 1997: Cessna 150 (N19315), Groveland, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: was fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the lack of preflight review by the student's flight instructor and training.

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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