# Accident 20000611012369A: Cessna 150M, Alton/St Louis, IL, June 11, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2000, 10:32 local time
- Place: Alton/St Louis, IL
- Airport: St Louis Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8999° N, 90.0399° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8999&lon=-90.0399&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66081, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66081-2012-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000611012369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED HE HAD REFUELD THE A/C ON 6/10/00 AND THEN FLEW THE A/C ON A LOCAL FLIGHT FROM GREEN BERG INDIANA (134) AND DID NOT REFUEL THE A/C AFTER THE FLIGHT PILOT ESTIMATED THIS FLIGHT TO BE A 0.30 MINUTES FLIGHT. ON 6/11/00 THE PILOT DEPARTED (134) AT APPROX. (12:25 Z) AND DID NOT REFUEL THE A/C, ONLY VERIFIED THAT FUEL WAS PRESENT IN THE TANKS ON THE PREFLIGHT AND THAT FUEL QUANTITY INDICATED SOMEWHERE AROUND FULL. THE PILOT HAD FLIGHT PLANNED FPR A FUEL STOP AT ST CLAIR M (K39) AND IN FLIGHT DECIDED TO GO TO VANDALIA ILL (VLA) FOR FUEL WAS MADE DUE TO HEADWIND CONDITION. DUE TO PARACHUTING ACTIVITIES UPON ARRIVAL AT (VLA) AT 14:25 Z. THE PILOT DECIDED TO DIVERT AGAIN TO "ST LOUIS REGIONAL (ALN) FOR FUEL. PILOT WAS NO FAMILAR WITH THE (ALN) AREA AND FINALLY REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM (ALN) TOWER. PILOT HAD SOME DIFFICULTY IN FINDING THE AIRPORT. AT (15:11 Z) PILOT REPORTED 8 MILES SE OF AIRPORT. THE ENGINE STARTED TO WINDMILL DURING THE APPROACH TO ALNDING PATTERN (15:30 Z) THE PILOT WAS THEN CLEARED TO A STRAIGHT LANDING ON RUNWAY.

## 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 CHI00LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA159), Jun 11, 2000: Cessna 150M (N66081), Bethalto, IL, destroyed. Probable cause: the improper in-flight decision of the pilot to fly past the Vandalia airport onto Saint Louis Regional and the fuel exhaustion. A factor was the ditch.

## Other reports on N66081 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19930801030879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930801030879A), Aug 1, 1993: Cessna 150M (N66081), Bald Knob, AR, Substantial damage. Lost power 20 mins from destination. Collapsed nose gear landing rough field. Fuel tanks empty useable 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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