# Accident 20030808024729A: Cessna 150K, Anderson, MO, August 8, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2003, 20:15 local time
- Place: Anderson, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6500° N, 94.4500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6500&lon=-94.4500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6501G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6501G-2005-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030808024729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENROUTE TO NEOSHO, MISSOURI (EOS) ON THE FINAL LEG OF A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER NEAR ANDERSON, MISSOURI. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE WAS SPUTTERING AND THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN A PASTURE. DURING THE APPROACH TO THE PASTURE, THE STUDENT PILOT MAY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT AFTER THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN NORMAL AGAIN FOR 4 TO 5 SECONDS. HOWEVER, THE ENGINE AGAIN FAILED AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES WHILE IN A STEEP RIGHT BANK AND DESCENDED TO THE GROUND. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION RECOVERED 1.75 GALLONS OF FUEL FROM THE LEFT TANK AND NO FUEL FROM THE RIGHT TANK. FUEL CAPACITY OF THIS AIRCRAFT IS 26 GALLONS (22.5 USABLE). THE STUDENT PILOT WAS REPORTED LOST FOR SOME TIME NEAR STOCKTON, MISSOURI (MO3) AND ON THE LAST LEG NEAR ANDERSON, MISSOURI. FLIGHT TIME OF 4 HOURS BETWEEN TAKE-OFF AND THE ACCIDENT APPROXIMATES THE REPORTED TOTAL FUEL ON BOARD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MULTIPLE LEG CROSS-COUNTRY.

## 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 CHI03LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA252), Aug 9, 2003: Cessna 150K (N6501G), Anderson, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot becoming lost/disoriented. Also causal was the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision.

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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