# Accident 20010519010159A: Cessna 150, Griffin, GA, May 19, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2001, 12:30 local time
- Place: Griffin, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 33.2900° N, 84.2798° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2900&lon=-84.2798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5854E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5854E-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL01LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010519010159A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON TAKE-OFF DURING INITIAL CLIMB AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. PILOT BEGAN TO PUMP THROTTLE AND THE ENGINE RESPONDED AT FIRST BUT AFTER A FEW PUMPS IT STOPPED RESPONDING.  PILOT LANDED IN A PASTURE.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK A FENCE AND FENCE POST.  THE LEFT ANT RIGHT WING STRUTS WERE DAMAGED.  THE LEFT AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABLIZERS, AND THE RUDDER WERE NEARLY TURN OFF THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ATL01LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL01LA056), May 19, 2001: Cessna 150 (N5854E), Griffin, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight fuel planning for the flight that resulted in the fuel exhaustion and the subsequent loss of engine power.

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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