19971008035149I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Las Vegas, NV · October 8, 1997

Date: October 8, 1997 · 06:55 local
Place: Las Vegas, NV
Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N704BV
Reported as: Cessna 150M
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 190 total120 in this make and model70 in the last 90 days

N704BVRegistration cancelled Feb 19, 1999 · Cessna 150MS/N 15078490 Airframe modelCessna 150M

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Narrative: vgt ATC reported pilot was on final to runway 30 when he reported that his engine quit running. He made an off airport landing about 1 mile south of the field. At the scene it was found that there was 1/4 tank of fuel in the left wing and the right wing was empty. Subsequently it was found that the vent system was clogged causing lack of fuel to the engine therefore causing it to quit running. This report is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: VGT ATC REPORTED PILOT WAS ON FINAL TO RUNWAY 30 WHEN HE REPORTED THAT HIS ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. HE MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE FIELD. AT THE SCENE IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS 1/4 TANK OF FUEL IN THE LEFT WING AND THE RIGHT WING WAS EMPTY. SUBSEQUENTLY IT WAS FOUND THAT THE VENT SYSTEM WAS CLOGGED CAUSING LACK OF FUEL TO THE ENGINE THEREFORE CAUSING IT TO QUIT RUNNING. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.