# Accident 20070628015989A: Cessna 150, Lancaster, PA, June 28, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2007, 15:18 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0878° N, 76.2728° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0878&lon=-76.2728&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7842E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7842E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 680 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070628015989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ROCC (REGIONAL OPERATIONS COMMAND CENTER) REPORTED EMERGENCY OFF AIRPORT LANDING SOUTH EAST OF LANCASTER AIRPORT (LNS). AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A CORN FIELD. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME, MINOR INJURY TO SOLE OCCUPANT (PILOT). LOCAL POLICE DETAINED PILOT FOR SUSPICION OF ALCOHOL INTOXICATION. PILOT FAILED FIELD SOBRIETY TEST FOR ALCOHOL, PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED. AIRCRAFT INSPECTION REVEALED FUEL QUANTITY ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT TO BE LESS THAN THE MINIMUM POH (PILOT OPERATING HANDBOOK) PUBLISHED MINIMUM FUEL REQUIRED FOR ENGINE OPERATION. NO OTHER ENGINE OR AIRFRAME MECHANICAL DEFECTS NOTED. ELT BATTERY EXPIRED. FAA RECORDS INDICATE PILOT'S CLASS III MEDICAL EXPIRED MAY 2003. INCIDENT CLOSED AND UPGRADED TO AN ACCIDENT BASED ON SUBSTANTIAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. ROCC AND NTSB

## 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 NYC07CA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA154), Jun 28, 2007: Cessna 150 (N7842E), Lancaster, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to conduct the flight while impaired by alcohol, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and substantial damage to the airplane during the subsequent forced landing.

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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