# Incident 19980216011659I: Cessna A150M, Auburn, CA, February 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1998, 09:55 local time
- Place: Auburn, CA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9548° N, 121.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN MUNI (AUN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9548&lon=-121.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2789J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2789J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150M (registry code 2071831, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,950 total, 600 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980216011659I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED PLACERVILLE AIRPORT WITH APPROXIMATELY 1/4 FUEL AND FLEW TO AUBURN, CA. BASED ON FUEL GAUGE READING, HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL TO FLY FROM AUBURN, CA TO CAMERON PARK, CA. SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF FROM AUBURN, THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION AND PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE AND NO INJURY TO PILOT AND PASSENGER.

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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