# Accident 20050810024659A: Cessna 150L, Hillsboro, IL, August 10, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2005, 20:30 local time
- Place: Hillsboro, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1625° N, 89.6747° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1625&lon=-89.6747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6601G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6601G-2013-09-16) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 40 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA222) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050810024659A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED LITCHFIELD AIRPORT AFTER CHECKING FUEL QUANTITY AND DETERMINING THAT THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/4 TANK REMAINING. WHILE IN LEVEL FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES NORTH EAST OF THE AIRPORT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A CORN FIELD. EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL TANKS INDICATED THAT THERE WAS ONLY UNUSABLE FUEL LEFT IN THE TANKS.

## 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 CHI05CA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA222), Aug 11, 2005: Cessna 150L (N6601G), Hillsboro, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper preflight planning/preparation by the pilot and fuel exhaustion during cruise flight.

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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