# Incident 19990305015639I: Cessna 150G, Tullahoma, TN, March 5, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1999, 22:12 local time
- Place: Tullahoma, TN
- Airport: Tullahoma Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3734° N, 86.2183° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tullahoma, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3734&lon=-86.2183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3241J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3241J-2010-09-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 125 total, 125 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990305015639I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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