# Accident 20040709016089A: Cessna 150M, Sherrill, AR, July 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2004, 14:20 local time
- Place: Sherrill, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3814° N, 91.9583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3814&lon=-91.9583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8959U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8959U-2006-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 43 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW04LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA180) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040709016089A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 9, 2004 AT APPROXIMATELY 1420 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150M, SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, N8959U, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER DURING CRUISE FLIGHT NEAR SHERRILL, ARKANSAS. THE STUDENT PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT DEPARTED STUTTGART MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, STUTTGART, ARKANSAS, AT 1345, AND WAS DESTINED FOR SHERRILL. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO "SPUTTER AND CUT OUT." SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ENGINE LOST TOTAL POWER, AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THE AIRPLANE ALSO LOST POWER. THE STUDENT PILOT INITIATED A FORCED LANDING TO A FIELD. DURING THE FORCED LANDING, THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED CORN STALKS, THE TERRAIN, AND CAME TO REST UPRIGHT IN THE FIELD. UPON ARRIVAL ON THE SCENE FAA INSPECTORS FOUND THE AFT FUSELAGE BUCKLED, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS SEPARATED AND THE FIREWALL WAS BENT. THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL IN EACH TANK AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE NOTED TO THE PROPELLER. THERE WASNO EVIDENCE OF FUEL LEAKS AT THE CRASH SITE.

## 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 FTW04LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04LA180), Jul 9, 2004: Cessna 150M (N8959U), Sherrill, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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