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FAA incident report · Cessna 150G · Tullahoma, TN · March 5, 1999

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Date
March 5, 1999 · 22:12 local
Place
Tullahoma, TN
Airport
Tullahoma Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3241J
Reported as
Cessna 150G
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
125 total125 in this make and model
N3241JRegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2010 · Cessna 150GS/N 15065941 · Built 1966Airframe modelCessna 150GEngine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-5)Flight origination was at raleigh-durham, NC (rdu) with the termination to be at Tullahoma, TN (tha). After receiving a briefing for the rdu-tha flight the pilot received wx for rdu to anderson co, SC (and) with continuation to tha. At and the pilot purchased 23.3 gallons of fuel (22.5 useable on the aircraft). On the flight to tha the aircraft was blown thirth five miles off course to the northeast. Over warren county airport, approximately 3 and half hours into the flight, the pilot canceled his VFR flight plan with intentions of continuing direct to shelbyville, an airport with VOR on site. The pilot contacted memphis center for flight following. He was given vectors to Tullahoma after being informed that the distances to each airport was the same and the pilot agreed to continue to tha. Four hours into the flight, 10 mile northeast of the Tullahoma airport the aircraft experience fuel exhaustion. The pilot landed safely on interstate highway 24. The aircraft was secured off of the highway and moved the following day.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)FLIGHT ORIGINATION WAS AT RALEIGH-DURHAM, NC (RDU) WITH THE TERMINATION TO BE AT TULLAHOMA, TN (THA). AFTER RECEIVING A BRIEFING FOR THE RDU-THA FLIGHT THE PILOT RECEIVED WX FOR RDU TO ANDERSON CO, SC (AND) WITH CONTINUATION TO THA. AT AND THE PILOT PURCHASED 23.3 GALLONS OF FUEL (22.5 USEABLE ON THE AIRCRAFT). ON THE FLIGHT TO THA THE AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN THIRTH FIVE MILES OFF COURSE TO THE NORTHEAST. OVER WARREN COUNTY AIRPORT, APPROXIMATELY 3 AND HALF HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT CANCELED HIS VFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH INTENTIONS OF CONTINUING DIRECT TO SHELBYVILLE, AN AIRPORT WITH VOR ON SITE. THE PILOT CONTACTED MEMPHIS CENTER FOR FLIGHT FOLLOWING. HE WAS GIVEN VECTORS TO TULLAHOMA AFTER BEING INFORMED THAT THE DISTANCES TO EACH AIRPORT WAS THE SAME AND THE PILOT AGREED TO CONTINUE TO THA. FOUR HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT, 10 MILE NORTHEAST OF THE TULLAHOMA AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCE FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PILOT LANDED SAFELY ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 24. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SECURED OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND MOVED THE FOLLOWING DAY.