# Accident 20000913005899A: Cessna 150H, Ontario, CA, September 13, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2000, 09:15 local time
- Place: Ontario, CA
- Airport: Ontario International Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0805° N, 117.0106° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-117.0106&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22237, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22237-2002-06-26) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA00LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000913005899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE TRAINING FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT THE ONTARIO OREGON AIRPORT(ONT) AND CONSISTED OF SOME AIR WORK FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS. ON THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO, ON DEPARTURE THE AIRCRAFT REACHED THE END OF RUNWAY 32 AT AN ALTITUDE OF 100 FEET AN AIRSPEED OF 65 TO 70 KNOTS.  AT THIS TIME THE ENGINE QUIT DEVELOPING ANY POWER, AND THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A MOWED ALFALFA FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE FIELD IN A SLIGHTLY NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE AT STALLED AIRSPEED.  THE NOSE GEAR ANS SUPPORTING STRUCTURE WERE SHEARED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT AND THE STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED AND THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.

## 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 SEA00LA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA00LA176), Sep 13, 2000: Cessna 150H (N22237), Ontario, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command/flight instructor's failure to adequately refuel the aircraft, resulting in fuel exhaustion, and his subsequent high flare in a forced landing attempt, resulting in a stall and…

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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