# Accident 20040116001639A: Cessna 150L, Corydon, IN, January 16, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2004, 18:30 local time
- Place: Corydon, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3572° N, 86.2147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3572&lon=-86.2147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17254, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17254-2013-08-07) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 18 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040116001639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED MADISON, INDIANA AT 1630L ON JANUARY 16, 2004, ON A CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING FLIGHT TO MIDDLETOWN, OHIO AND RETURN TO MADISON, INDIANA. ON BOARD FUEL WAS FULL IN LEFT AND RIGHT WING. STUDENT PILOT OVERFLEW THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, MIDDLETOWN, OHIO AND DOES NOT RECALL HIS ARRIVAL TIME AT MIDDLETOWN. DEPARTURE TIME FROM MIDDLETOWN, OHIO WAS 1735L (OFFICIAL SUNSET WAS 1739L) FUEL IN THE LEFT WING WAS 1/2 AND FUEL IN THE RIGHT WING WAS 3/4. STUDENT PILOT STATED HE WAS NOT QUALIFIED FOR NIGHT FLIGHT AND COULD NOT GET THE AIRPORT LIGHTS AT MADISON, INDIANA TO ACTIVATE. HE CONTINUED ON COURSE, OVER-FLYING MADISON, INDIANA AND FLEW UNTIL THE FUEL WAS DEPLETED. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA NEAR THE TOWN OF CORYDON, INDIANA. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR SCRATCHES. WEATHER WAS UNKNOWN, BUT NOT A FACTOR.

## 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 CHI04LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA057), Jan 17, 2004: Cessna 150L (N17254), Corydon, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot become lost during the cross country flight and the instructor's inadequate supervision of both the flight and preflight planning. This led to the in-flight loss of engine power due…

## Other reports on N17254 (1)

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

- [Incident 19950425020059I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950425020059I), Apr 25, 1995: Cessna 150L (N17254), Peru, IN, Minor damage. Lost power en route. Appears to be fuel depletion incident.

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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