# Accident 19980524010709A: Cessna 150L, Blakeslee, PA, May 24, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1998, 11:30 local time
- Place: Blakeslee, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0406° N, 75.5199° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0406&lon=-75.5199&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6562G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6562G-2002-06-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980524010709A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER ENROUTE. FORCE LANDED IN TREES. NO USABLE FUEL ON BOARD. PROP WAS NOT TURNING AT IMPACT. (.4) AFTER TWO PREVIOUS UNEVENTFUL FLIGHTS, THE PILOT REPORTED HE OBSERVED THE FUEL GAGES IN THE COCKPIT INDICATE THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT FUEL TANK WAS 3/8 FULL, AND THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS `A LITTLE LESS THEN 1/4 FULL, ABOUT 1/8 FULL.' HE DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK THE FUEL QUANTITY. ABOUT 15 TO 30 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE FOR ABOUT 25 SECONDS, BEFORE IT LOST POWER AGAIN. DURING A FORCED LANDING TO A FIELD, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED THE TOPS OF TREES AND CAME TO REST IN A WOODED AREA. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION. ABOUT 2 1/2 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE AIRPLANE'S FUEL SYSTEM. ACCORDING TO THE AIRPLANE INFORMATION MANUAL (AIM), THE AIRPLANE'S TOTAL FUEL CAPACITY WAS 26 GALLONS, OF WHICH 3.5 GALLONS WAS UNUSABLE. THE AIM, SECTION I, BEFORE STARTING ENGINE CHECKLIST STATED IN PART, `VISUALLY CHECK FUEL QUANTITY, THEN CHECK FILLER CAP SECURE.'                                                                                                                  (-23) ON MAY 24, 1998, THE PILOT WAS OPERATING THE A/C ON A FLIGHT FROM HAZELTON, PA (HZL), TO CHERRY RIDGE, PA (N30), WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. WILE ENROUTE, THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AND THE AIRPORT CRASHED INTO THE TREE TOPS, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND SERIOUS INJURY TO THE PILOT. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED FUEL EXHAUSTION AS ONLY APPROX. 2 GALLONS OF USABLE FUEL WERE FOUND ON BOARD THE A/C. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14CFR PART-91 AND WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.

## 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 NYC98LA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA116), May 24, 1998: Cessna 150L (N6562G), Blakeslee, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight resulting in fuel exhaustion. A factor was the pilot's failure to refuel the aircraft prior to departing.

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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