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(-23)Mr. Lindsey miscalculated his fuel causing the engine to stop and necessitating an emergency landing in a field. The landing site was soft earth causing the nose landing gear to dislodge from the aircraft. This resulted in the aircraft flipping over, causing substantial damage to the wing spars, vertical stabbilizer and structual damage from the firewall to the cockpit door. (.4) the pilot said that when he arrived at the airplane, he checked the fuel, and found 'around 12 or 13 gallons' of fuel in the tanks. He took off and flew for 'around 30 minutes.' He returned to the airport, landed and checked his fuel before taking off again. This time when he checked fuel he said there was 'around 8 to 9 gallons' of fuel in the tanks. He took off again with a different passenger, and flew for 'around 15 minutes.' Again he returned to the airport, landed, and checked his fuel. This time he said, '...the fuel tanks had a little more than quarter of tank of fuel (between 5 to 6 gallons.' He took off again with a third passenger, and was heading west, when he said 'the engine quite running.' He said, '...I tried to restart the engine and failed. I then scanned the area for a sa fe place to land...I found a field that was about 2 miles from were the engine quit. By the time I got to the field I was at tree top level...the field was just plowed, when the wheels touched down the nose gear stuck in the dirt and caused the airplane to flip over.' According to the FAA the pilot received the airplane with the tank 1/2 full of fuel, and could not purchase fuel, because of the thanksgiving holiday. He flew some passengers around the local area for an unknown number of hours, and on the third flight, the airplane's engine failed. He completed a forced landing in a field and the airplane nosed over. Examination of the wreckage revealed no fuel in either of the airplane's fuel tanks or on the ground. The fuel tanks and fuel lines were not breached. The FAA report stated that the pilot, '...miscalculated his fuel causing the engine to stop and necessitating an emergency landing in a field.' (.19) on November 26, 1998, about 1615 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150F, N3060X, registered to a private individual, nosed over during a forced landing, near New Brockton, Alabama. Visual meteorological conditions prevail ed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR part 91 personal flight. The airplane was substantially damaged. The private pilot reported minor injuries, and one passenger reported no injuries. The flight originated at an unknown time, from enterprise, Alabama. According to the FAA the pilot received the airplane with the tank 1/2 full of fuel, and could not purchase fuel because of the thanksgiving holiday. He flew some passengers around the local area for an unknown number of hours, and on the third flight, the airplane's engine failed. He completed a forced landing in a field and the airplane nosed over. Examination of the wreckage revealed no fuel in either of the airplane's fuel tanks or on the ground. The fuel tanks and fuel lines were not breached.