# Accident 19980329004849A: Cessna 150H, West Palm Beach, FL, March 29, 1998 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 29, 1998, 19:46 local time - Place: West Palm Beach, FL - Airport: Palm Beach County Park Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 26.6596° N, 80.0909° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6596&lon=-80.0909&mi=10 - Aircraft: N22358, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22358-2012-08-24) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H - Reported engine: CONT O200A - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 136 total, 10 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FA110) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980329004849A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ACFT CRASHED UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES, LAKE CLARKE SHORES, FL. (.4)THE FIRST TWO LEGS WERE UNEVENTFUL; THE FUEL TANKS WERE FILLED AFTER THE FIRST FLIGHT. DURING THE FINAL LEG, HE BECAME 'OFF' COURSE AND WAS TAKING LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED DUE TO STRONG HEADWINDS; NO WEATHER BRIEFING WAS OBTAINED. THE PILOT DID NOT ASK FOR ASSISTANCE AND CORRECTED FOR BEING 'OFF' COURSE AND WHILE FLYING NEAR THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE LEFT AND RIGHT FUEL GAUGES AT THAT TIME INDICATED LESS THEN 1/4 AND 1/4 RESPECTIVELY. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED MONENTARILY BUT QUIT AGAIN. WHILE FLYING OVER A CONGESTED HIGHWAY, HE ATTEMPTED A FORCED LANDING IN A PARKING LOT AND COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE AND TREES. THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN ABOUT 2.0 GALLONS OF FUEL; 3.5 GALLONS OF FUEL IS THE UNUSABLE AMOUNT. THE RIGHT FUEL TANK TRANSMITTER WAS STICKING IN A POSITION THAT CORRESPONDED WITH 1/4 TANK CAPACITY. THE AIRPLANE WAS INSPECTED 18.5 HOURS AND 2 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS EARLIER USING THE MANUFACTURERS CHECKLIST. THE CHECKLIST REQUIRES INSPECTION OF THE TRANSMITTERS AND FUEL GAUGES FOR PROPER OPERATION AND CORRECT TRAVEL. THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN OPERATED FOR ABOUT 4.5 SINCE THE FUEL TANKS WERE FILLED AFTER THE FIRST LEG. (-23) PILOT STATED THAT ENGINE QUIT. HE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART. WOULDN'T START. HE THOUGHT 30 MINUTES REMAINED FOR FUEL. NO FUEL IN TANKS. NO FUEL ON GROUND. LEFT & RIGHT TANKS IN GOOD SHAPE. NO DAMAGE. (.19) ON MARCH 28, 1998 ABOUT 1946 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 150H, N22358, REGISTERED TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE, TREES, AND THEN THE GROUND DURING A FORCED LANDING NEAR WEST PALM, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 1715 FROM THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT, PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA. THE PILOT STATED TO A CAPTAIN WITH THE LAKE CLARKE SHORES POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE ENGINE QUIT AND HE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE, BUT WAS UNABLE. WHILE DESCENDING, HE NOTED A NEARBY ROAD BUT THERE WERE TOO MANY CARS AND HE DEVIATED TO THE RIGHT, AND THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A POWER LINE, THEN TREES AND THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE ROTATED 180 DEGREES AND CAME TO REST I N AN UPRIGHT, EMPENNAGE SLIGHTLY ELEVATED ATTITUDE. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 2 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE DRAINED FROM THE FUEL TANKS, CARBURETOR, AND GASCOLATOR. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB MIA98FA110](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98FA110), Mar 29, 1998: Cessna 150H (N22358), West Palm Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The poor in-flight planning by the pilot-in-command for his failure to ask for assistance after becoming lost momentarily, and his failure to monitor the total time airborne after the fuel tanks were… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.