# Accident 20000821043799A: Cessna 150F, Friendly, MD, August 21, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2000, 21:05 local time
- Place: Friendly, MD
- Airport: Potomac Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7299° N, 77.0001° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7299&lon=-77.0001&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8709G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8709G-2012-12-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA235) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000821043799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. AT 1602 PILOT DEPARTED VKX TO OXB VIA SBY WITH LANDINGS AT SBY AND OXB RETURNING TO VKX. STUDENT HAD TROUBLE IDENTIFYING OCEAN CITY AIRPORT. UPON ARRIVAL AT POTOMAC AIRFIELD HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY LOCATION OF AIRPORT DUE TO IT BEING NIGHT TIME. APPROXIMATE COMPUTED TIME ENROUTE WAS OVER 4 HOURS AND 30 MINUTES, DEPLETING FUEL SUPPLY. PILOT CRASHED OFF FIELD DUE TO FUEL STARVATION.

## 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 NYC00LA235](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA235), Aug 22, 2000: Cessna 150F (N8709G), Friendly, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to locate the airport, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A factor related to the accident was the night light conditions.

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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