# Accident 20030927027789A: Cessna 150L, Siloam Springs, AR, September 27, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2003, 22:00 local time
- Place: Siloam Springs, AR
- Airport: Siloam Springs Ndb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1919° N, 94.4900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1919&lon=-94.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21915, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21915-2018-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 550 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA323) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030927027789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 2200 CDT, CESSNA CE-150, N21915, EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS ON LANDING APPROACH TO SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS AIRPORT (SLG). THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT STATED THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO EXECUTE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUSBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO WILLIAM G. SWINK IN POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS. INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER AS A RESULT OF FUEL STARVATION. ADDITIONALLY, IN A POST-INCIDENT INTERVIEW THE PILOT STATED, "I RAN OUT OF GAS". NIGHT VMC PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS.

## 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 CHI03LA323](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA323), Sep 28, 2003: Cessna 150L (N21915), Siloam Springs, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to the pilot's inadequate planning/decision resulting in fuel exhaustion. Factors were the trees and the night conditions.

## Other reports on N21915 (2)

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

- [Accident 19980313047169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980313047169A), Mar 13, 1998: Cessna 150L (N21915), Conway, AR, No damage. (-23) During first landing attempt on first supervised solo, student pilot made a hard touchdown, bounced and then impacted the runway on the nose gear,…
- [Incident 19920511020929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920511020929I), May 11, 1992: Cessna 150L (N21915), Donaldson, AR, Minor damage. Struck a fence post immediately after takeoff. Tall grass caused too much drag on takeoff roll.

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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