# Incident 20001114021139I: Cessna 152, Columbus, MT, November 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2000, 21:40 local time
- Place: Columbus, MT
- Airport: Columbus Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6360° N, 109.2488° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6360&lon=-109.2488&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4608L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4608L-2007-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001114021139I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT CHECK FUEL PRIOR TO LEAVING BIL AND RELIED ON STUDENT TO CHECK FUEL FOR THE DUAL CROSS COUNTRY. WHILE GOING PAST LIVINGSTON, MONTANA, HE NOTICED A LOW FUEL INDICATION THEN SHORTLY AFTER GOING PAST COLUMBUS, MONTANA, THE ENGINE FAILED AND HE LANDED IN A FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD RUN OUT OF 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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