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FAA incident report · Cessna 150 · Jasper, IN · September 13, 1997

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Date
September 13, 1997 · 09:45 local
Place
Jasper, IN
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6525T
Reported as
Cessna 150
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total300 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N6525TRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2013 · Cessna 150S/N 17925 · Built 1960Airframe modelCessna 150Engine 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: the pilot and passenger departed bloomington airport, Indiana for davies county airport north of Washington, Indiana. Enroute to the airport the portable globe positioning system (GPS) lost power and they became lost. It took the pilot and the passenger several minutes to determine the position of the aircraft by ground reference points. Once the position of the aircraft was determined, the pilot proceeded directly to davies county airport. At that moment the engine stopped running and the pilot checked the fuel gauges. He confirmed that both tanks were empty. The pilot could not restart the engine. The pilot accepted the offer of the passenger, who was a current pilot, to make the emergency landing. The passenger made the emergency landing into a corn field. The pilot and passenger were not injured and the aircraft received only minor damage. Mr. Mccarty the pilot failed to ensure that the aircraft had enough fuel for the flight and did not use other navigation methods to ensure that the aircraft was on course. The pilot used only the GPS to navigate the aircraft to davies county airport. During the investigation it was determined that the pilot did not have a current medical. The pilot failed to check the fuel quantity during the preflight and did not use basic cross-country navigation. The following regulations were violated: title 14 CFR 61.3(c), 91.13 (a), 91.103(a), and 91.151(a)(1).

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT AND PASSENGER DEPARTED BLOOMINGTON AIRPORT, INDIANA FOR DAVIES COUNTY AIRPORT NORTH OF WASHINGTON, INDIANA. ENROUTE TO THE AIRPORT THE PORTABLE GLOBE POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) LOST POWER AND THEY BECAME LOST. IT TOOK THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER SEVERAL MINUTES TO DETERMINE THE POSITION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY GROUND REFERENCE POINTS. ONCE THE POSITION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS DETERMINED, THE PILOT PROCEEDED DIRECTLY TO DAVIES COUNTY AIRPORT. AT THAT MOMENT THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AND THE PILOT CHECKED THE FUEL GAUGES. HE CONFIRMED THAT BOTH TANKS WERE EMPTY. THE PILOT COULD NOT RESTART THE ENGINE. THE PILOT ACCEPTED THE OFFER OF THE PASSENGER, WHO WAS A CURRENT PILOT, TO MAKE THE EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PASSENGER MADE THE EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A CORN FIELD. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE. MR. MCCARTY THE PILOT FAILED TO ENSURE THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD ENOUGH FUEL FOR THE FLIGHT AND DID NOT USE OTHER NAVIGATION METHODS TO ENSURE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON COURSE. THE PILOT USED ONLY THE GPS TO NAVIGATE THE AIRCRAFT TO DAVIES COUNTY AIRPORT. DURING THE INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT MEDICAL. THE PILOT FAILED TO CHECK THE FUEL QUANTITY DURING THE PREFLIGHT AND DID NOT USE BASIC CROSS-COUNTRY NAVIGATION. THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS WERE VIOLATED: TITLE 14 CFR 61.3(C), 91.13 (A), 91.103(A), AND 91.151(A)(1).