# Incident 20040517008529I: Cessna 150L, Council Bluffs, IA, May 17, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2004, 20:05 local time
- Place: Council Bluffs, IA
- Airport: Council Bluffs Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2601° N, 95.7586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COUNCIL BLUFFS MUNI (CBF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2601&lon=-95.7586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N140MA) (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: 174 total, 9 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040517008529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT PLANNED VFR FLIGHT FROM HARTINGTON, NE, TO COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA. WEATHER WAS VFR UNTIL NEARING DESTINATION WHERE A CLOUD DECK FORMED BELOW AIRCRAFT AND RAIN BEGAN IN AREA. WEATHER WAS MOVING INTO AREA FROM THE WEST. ATTEMPTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH OMAHA APPROACH AND ANY AIRCRAFT IN THE VICINITY FAILED. PILOT TRIED TO FOLLOW VOR RADIAL TO COUNCIL BLUFFS BUT COULD NOT SEE THE FIELD DUE TO LOW CLOUDS AND RAIN. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FIND AIRPORT, ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. PILOT SPOTTED AIRFIELD THREE MILES AWAY, HOWEVER, OPTED TO LAND IN FIELD RATHER THAN STRETCH A GLIDE TO AIRFIELD. LANDED IN CORNFIELD WITH UNDER POWER. UPON EXAMINATION OF AIRCRAFT, ONE PINT OF FUEL REMAINED IN AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM AND RADIO VOLUME KNOB WAS FOUND TO BE TURNED ALL THE WAY TO LOW VOLUME. PILOT INDUCED.

## Other reports on N140MA (2)

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

- [Incident 20120722015309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120722015309I), Jul 22, 2012: Cessna 150L (N140MA), Council Bluffs, IA, Minor damage. A student was performing his first supervised solo after completing 4 touch and go's with the flight instructor on board. Under nearly calm winds, on the first…
- [Incident 20091206052489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091206052489I), Dec 6, 2009: Cessna 150L (N140MA), Washington, NE, No damage. The student pilot was on a private pilot check ride with a designated pilot examiner (DPE). After completing air work at 3000 feet above ground level (AGL) the…

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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