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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150J · West Plains, MO · December 2, 2002

Date: December 2, 2002 · 14:30 local
Place: West Plains, MO
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N150TG
Reported as: Cessna 150J
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 44 total29 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days

N150TGRegistration cancelled Aug 23, 2013 · Cessna 150JS/N 15069470 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 150J Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During the second leg of a student solo cross country, Mr. Scott experienced fuel exhaustion and executed and emergency landing into an off-airport field 17 miles southeast of West Plains, MO airport (uno). The student was substantially off course of the originally planned and endorsed trip. There was no damage to the airplane and no injuries were sustained. The original course of the cross country flight was to have been from north little rock (1M1) to searcy (src) to russelville (rue) and back to north little rock. The student had flown the second leg on a northerly course instead of the westerly course from searcy to russellville. Later said he was disoriented from the flight route. He stated that he had departed the original point of the trip with substantially less fuel than the full tanks he thought he had.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING THE SECOND LEG OF A STUDENT SOLO CROSS COUNTRY, MR. SCOTT EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION AND EXECUTED AND EMERGENCY LANDING INTO AN OFF-AIRPORT FIELD 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST PLAINS, MO AIRPORT (UNO). THE STUDENT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY OFF COURSE OF THE ORIGINALLY PLANNED AND ENDORSED TRIP. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE ORIGINAL COURSE OF THE CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT WAS TO HAVE BEEN FROM NORTH LITTLE ROCK (1M1) TO SEARCY (SRC) TO RUSSELVILLE (RUE) AND BACK TO NORTH LITTLE ROCK. THE STUDENT HAD FLOWN THE SECOND LEG ON A NORTHERLY COURSE INSTEAD OF THE WESTERLY COURSE FROM SEARCY TO RUSSELLVILLE. LATER SAID HE WAS DISORIENTED FROM THE FLIGHT ROUTE. HE STATED THAT HE HAD DEPARTED THE ORIGINAL POINT OF THE TRIP WITH SUBSTANTIALLY LESS FUEL THAN THE FULL TANKS HE THOUGHT HE HAD.