# Incident 20021202034599I: Cessna 150J, West Plains, MO, December 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2002, 14:30 local time
- Place: West Plains, MO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7374° N, 91.8680° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Plains, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7374&lon=-91.8680&mi=10
- Aircraft: N150TG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N150TG-2013-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 29 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021202034599I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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