# Accident 20051021025179A: Cessna 150L, Shelburne, VT, October 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2005, 15:40 local time
- Place: Shelburne, VT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3636° N, 73.1739° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3636&lon=-73.1739&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1693Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1693Q-2007-04-12) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 740 total, 500 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051021025179A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER FLYING FOR APPROXIMATELY 4.2 HOURS ON A LOCAL SIGHTSEEING/PHOTOGRAPHY FLIGHT FROM THE SHELBURNE AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE QUIT DUE TO AN APPARENT FUEL STARVATION. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANKS WERE FULL BEFORE THE FLIGHT BEGAN. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE AND HIS PASSENGER BEGAN THE FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HOURS LOCAL. THEY FLEW FOR 2 HOURS THEN LANDED FOR LUNCH. THEY DID NOT PUT ANY MORE FUEL IN THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE DEPARTING AGAIN. AS THEY WERE DESCENDING FOR LANDING AT THE SHELBURNE AIRPORT THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE SHELBURNE AIRPORT (VT8). THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, ENGINE COWLING, PROPELLER, ENGINE MOUNT, RIGHT WING SPARS, AND FUSELAGE AFTER NOSING OVER.

## 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 NYC06CA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA017), Oct 21, 2005: Cessna 150L (N1693Q), Shelburne, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.

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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