# Accident 20060618022649A: Cessna 150K, Shelton, WA, June 18, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2006, 17:45 local time
- Place: Shelton, WA
- Airport: Sanderson Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2381° N, 123.1408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2381&lon=-123.1408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6255G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6255G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 147 total, 87 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06CA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060618022649A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1820 PDT ON JUNE 18, 2006, PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, WERE FLYING BACK FROM EPHRATA WASHINGTON (EPH), WITH AN INTERMEDIATE STOP IN ELLENSBURG WASHINGTON (ELN). THE AIRCRAFT WAS A CESSNA 150K, N6255G. WHILE ON APPROACH TO SANDERSON FIELD (SHN) IN SHELTON WASHINGTON THE PILOT ENCOUNTERED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 23 THAT ENDED ABRUPTLY, 462 FEET FROM TOUCH DOWN, IN A STAND OF TREES AT A LOCAL RESIDENCE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ AND HIS PASSENGER SUFFERED ONLY MINOR INJURIES AND WERE TREATED AND RELEASED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE, LANDING GEAR, WINGS, ENGINE, ENGINE MOUNT. THE IMPENDING INVESTIGATION REVEALED A TOTAL OF 1.25 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINED IN THE FUEL TANKS WITH NO FUEL IN THE ENGINE FUEL LINE.

## 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 SEA06CA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA122), Jun 19, 2006: Cessna 150K (N6255G), Shelton, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight decision by failing to refuel while en route, resulting in fuel exhaustion and the loss of engine power. Compensation for weather (head winds), and trees were factors.

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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