# Accident 20010626039959A: Cessna 150D, Soldotna, AK, June 26, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2001, 09:50 local time
- Place: Soldotna, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.4833° N, 151.0333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.4833&lon=-151.0333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73CC-2013-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150D (registry code 2071810, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010626039959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 26, 2001, N73CC, A CESSNA 150-D AIRPLANE CRASHED AND WAS DESTROYED ABOUT 300 YARDS FROM A PRIVATE LANDING FIELD. THE OWNER OF THE PRIVATE AIRFIELD IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT MR. FAASS, PILOT OF THE CESSNA 150-D, HAD WASHED THE AIRPLANE AND WAS GOING TO FLY THE AIRPLANE TO REMOVE WATER FROM THE WASHING. MR. FAASS THEN TOOK OFF FROM THE AIRFIELD. ^PRIVACY ^ DID NOT SEE THE TAKEOFF. ONE WITNESS (THIS WITNESS WAS INSIDE OF HER HOUSE AND DID NOT SEE WHAT HAPPENED), HEARD THE AIRPLANE COMING FROM THE NORTH, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, THEN THE ENGINE STOPPED. ENGINE STARTED AGAIN AND THEN MAYBE STOPPED AGAIN, (WITNESS NOT SURE), THEN THE SOUND OF THE AIRPLANE CRASH. SECOND WITNESS (10 YEAR OLD BOY): AIRPLANE WAS TAKING OFF. ENGINE QUIET, PILOT TRYING TO TURN AIRPLANE BACK TO RUNWAY. ENGINE RESTARTED, ACCELERATED, THEN QUIT AGAIN. AIRPLANE CRASHED. AS OF JULY 12, 2001, MR. FAASS IS STILL IN INTENSIVE CARE AND CANNOT BE INTERVIEWED AT THIS TIME.

## 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 ANC01LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA074), Jun 26, 2001: Cessna 150D (N73CC), Soldotna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion and the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane.

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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