# Accident 20000809011149A: Cessna 150H, Corona, CA, August 9, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2000, 13:45 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8977° N, 117.6024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORONA MUNI (AJO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8977&lon=-117.6024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7011S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7011S-2013-05-03) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 10 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA290) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000809011149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2000, AT 13:52 PDT A STUDENT PILOT WITH A TOTAL FLIGHT TIME OF 10 HOURS, DEPARTED RUNWAY 25 AT THE CORONA AIRPORT, CA. THIS WAS HIS 4TH SOLO FLIGHT SINCE BEING SIGNED OFF FOR SOLO FLIGHT BY HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON AUG 8, 2000. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION AND HAD DETERMINED THRU A VISUAL CHECK OF THE FUEL TANK AND FUEL GAUGES THAT HE HAD 1/4 OF A TANK OF FUEL OR APPROX. 6 AND 1/2 GALLONS OF FUEL. (NOTE:CESSNA 150 HOLDS A TOTAL OF 26 GALLONS OF FUEL, WITH A 3.5 GALLONS UNUSABLE.) THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER TAKE OFF THE A/C ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND HE BEGAN TO TURN TOWARDS THE GRASS FIELD SOUTH OF AIRPORT. HE WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, BUT WAS ABLE TO CLEAR THE TREES AND LANDED IN A FIELD. UPON LANDING THE A/C NOSE GEAR DUG INTO THE TERRAIN AND THE A/C FLIPPED OVER ITS BACK.

## 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 LAX00LA290](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA290), Aug 9, 2000: Cessna 150H (N7011S), Corona, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate preflight planning which included improper fuel consumption calculations that led to fuel exhaustion and loss of engine power during takeoff.

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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