# Accident 20050616013639A: Cessna 150M, Three Rivers, MI, June 16, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2005, 08:50 local time
- Place: Three Rivers, MI
- Airport: Three Rivers Municipal Dr Haines
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1514° N, 86.1264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1514&lon=-86.1264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9327U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9327U-2006-05-16) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050616013639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING PREFLIGHT THE STUDENT PILOT NOTICED FUEL WAS LOW, STUDENT COMPLETED PREFLIGHT AND FORGOT TO INFORM THE INSTRUCTOR OF THE LOW FUEL. CFI WAS ALSO PREPPING ANOTHER STUDENT FOR A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. STUDENT AND CFI DEPARTED HAI FOR A THREE HOUR PREP FLIGHT AND AFTER PRACTICING MANEUVERS FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR, AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL.

## 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 CHI05CA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA144), Jun 16, 2005: Cessna 150M (N9327U), Marcelles, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the CFI's inadequate supervision and inadequate planning/decision. The student pilot's inadequate preflight planning was a…

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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