# Accident 20030907022389A: Cessna 150F, Knox City, TX, September 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2003, 20:45 local time
- Place: Knox City, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4381° N, 99.8128° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4381&lon=-99.8128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8158S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 74 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030907022389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED KNOX, CITY, TEXAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO MULESHOE, TEXAS WITH AN INTENDED (FULL) STOP AND THEN RETURN TO KNOX CITY. THE STUDENT PILOT LANDED AT MULESHOE, DID NOT REFUEL AND THEN DEPARTED TO KNOX CITY. ENROUTE HE DEVIATED FROM HIS INTENDED COURSE BECAUSE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND ENCOUNTERED A HEAD WIND. APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES OUT OF KNOX CITY THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE STUDENT PILOT MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT; LEFT AFT WING SPAR BENT, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE STUDENT PILOT. INVESTIGATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM SHOWED DRY TANKS AND UNRELIABLE FUEL GAUGES. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PROPERLY ENDORSED FOR THIS CROSS-COUNTRY SOLO.

## 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 FTW03LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA219), Sep 8, 2003: Cessna 150F (N8158S), Knox City, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate flight planning/decision, resulting in fuel exhaustion and the loss of engine power. Contributing factors were the student pilot's failure to refuel the airplane and…

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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