# Incident 19970913042029I: Cessna 150, Jasper, IN, September 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1997, 09:45 local time
- Place: Jasper, IN
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3952° N, 86.9407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jasper, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3952&lon=-86.9407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6525T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6525T-2013-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970913042029I

## Narrative

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

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).

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