# Incident 19991017036009I: Cessna 150H, Tacoma, WA, October 17, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1999, 16:07 local time
- Place: Tacoma, WA
- Airport: Tacoma Naarrows Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2529° N, 122.4443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tacoma, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2529&lon=-122.4443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22629, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22629-2002-11-08) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,102 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991017036009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HAD PLANNED A FLIGHT FROM TACOMA NARROWS AIRPORT TO MANZANITA OR AND RETURN.  HE STATED HE HAD SIMULATED THE FLIGHT ON HIS HOME COMPUTER AND ESTIMATED A ROUND TRIP FLIGHT TIME OF 2 HOURS 30 MINUTES.  THE PILOT STATED HE CONDUCTED A PRE-FLIGHT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, NOTING THAT THE FUEL GAUGES INDICATED FULL.  HOWEVER, A LADDER WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND HE DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK FUEL QUANTITY.  THE FLIGHT WAS UNEVENTFUL WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE PILOT OBSERVED THE FUEL GAUGES WERE SPLIT, THE RIGHT TANK INDICATING 1/2 TANK MORE THAN THE LEFT.  THE ENGINE FAILED ABOUT 3 MINTES FROM TACOMA NARROWS AIRPORT.  THE LEFT FUEL GAUGE READ ALMOST EMPTY AND THE RIGHT FUEL GAUGE READ 1/2 TANK.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A RESTART WITHOUT SUCCESS.  HE ATTEMPTED TO GLIDE TO THE AIRPORT; HOWEVER, WAS UNABLE TO DO SO AND LANDED IN THE WATER PARALLEL TO THE SHORLINE.  THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AFTER CONTACT WITH THE WASTER AND SANK IN ABOUT 3-4 FEET OF WATER.  UPON RECOVERING OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE FUEL TANKS CONTAINED LESS THAN A GALLON OF FUEL.

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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