# Accident 20030823022759A: Cessna 150C, Tucson, AZ, August 23, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2003, 12:46 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Tucson International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1171° N, 110.9415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TUCSON INTL (TUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1171&lon=-110.9415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7909Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7909Z-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150C (registry code 2071808, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150C
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 145 total, 46 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030823022759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED CALEXICO, CALIFORNIA FOR TUCSON, ARIZONA WITH AN ENROUTE STOP AT GILA BEND. THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL DEPLETION AND AN EMERGENCY LANDING ENSUED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE DURING LANDING ROLL.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N7909Z (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960908026759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960908026759A), Sep 8, 1996: Cessna 150C (N7909Z), Willow, AK, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff. Landed on runway overrun. In brush and soft ground nosed over. No anomalies found.

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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