# Accident 20000107008969A: Cessna 150G, Arlington, WA, January 7, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2000, 06:30 local time
- Place: Arlington, WA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.0493° N, 122.1407° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0493&lon=-122.1407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3721J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3721J-2000-02-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA00FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00FA037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000107008969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED FUEL EXHAUSTION, COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES, AND DOVE STEEPLY INTO HIGHWAY DURING AN APPARENT EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF INERSTATE 5, APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES SOUTH WEST OF ARLINGTON WASHINGTON AIRPORT. A WITNESS REPORT INDICATED THAT NIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 SEA00FA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00FA037), Jan 7, 2000: Cessna 150G (N3721J), Marysville, WA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Fuel exhaustion due to the non-certificated 'pilot's' failure to determine the fuel quantity prior to takeoff. Factors include a dark night, and a non-iluminated electrical transmission wire strung…

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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