# Incident 19970818027109I: Cessna 150L, Youngstown, OH, August 18, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1997, 20:34 local time
- Place: Youngstown, OH
- Airport: Youngstown Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0998° N, 80.6495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Youngstown, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0998&lon=-80.6495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16127, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N16127) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 385 total, 100 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970818027109I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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