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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150L · Youngstown, OH · August 18, 1997

Date: August 18, 1997 · 20:34 local
Place: Youngstown, OH
Airport: Youngstown Municipal
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N16127
Reported as: Cessna 150L
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 385 total100 in this make and model42 in the last 90 days

N16127Registered now · Cessna 150LS/N 15073496 · Built 1972 Airframe modelCessna 150L Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot stated: he had departed doylestown, PA. After 1700EDT, enroute to middlefield, OH. In vicinity of Youngstown, OH. He decided fuel remaining was not enough to complete trip as intended. As he contacted yng ATCT for landing the engine quit. An emergency landing was successfully executed in grass field sse of yng. Crash/rescue personnel verified fuel gauges read empty at site. Pilot stated trip length was 3.1 hours by hour meter. Power setting and altitude charts in operator's handbook support fuel consumption exhausted fuel quantity available. Pilot states that no visible fuel remained in either tank.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATED: HE HAD DEPARTED DOYLESTOWN, PA. AFTER 1700EDT, ENROUTE TO MIDDLEFIELD, OH. IN VICINITY OF YOUNGSTOWN, OH. HE DECIDED FUEL REMAINING WAS NOT ENOUGH TO COMPLETE TRIP AS INTENDED. AS HE CONTACTED YNG ATCT FOR LANDING THE ENGINE QUIT. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED IN GRASS FIELD SSE OF YNG. CRASH/RESCUE PERSONNEL VERIFIED FUEL GAUGES READ EMPTY AT SITE. PILOT STATED TRIP LENGTH WAS 3.1 HOURS BY HOUR METER. POWER SETTING AND ALTITUDE CHARTS IN OPERATOR'S HANDBOOK SUPPORT FUEL CONSUMPTION EXHAUSTED FUEL QUANTITY AVAILABLE. PILOT STATES THAT NO VISIBLE FUEL REMAINED IN EITHER TANK.