# Incident 20080105009769I: Cessna 150M, Waverly, NE, January 5, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2008, 17:25 local time
- Place: Waverly, NE
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9120° N, 96.5333° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waverly, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9120&lon=-96.5333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3011V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3011V-2023-12-23) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080105009769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N3011V, CESSNA 150, WAS ENROUTE TO LINCOLN, NE (LNK) FROM MILLARD, NE (MLE), WHEN THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A COUNTY ROAD DUE TO THE ENGINE QUITTING. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT THEY DEPARTED LNK FOR A RETURN FLIGHT TO MLE. UPON ARRIVAL IN THE MLE AREA, THE WEATHER WAS IFR BECAUSE OF FOG. THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO LNK. APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES EAST OF LNK, WITH THE FUEL GAUGE READING LESS THAN 1/4 FOR BOTH TANKS, THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT LANDED ON A COUNTY ROAD. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD CHECKED THE WEATHER IN LNK ON THE COMPUTER IN THE LOBBY OF THE FIXED BASE OPERATOR. THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND FORECAST TO REMAIN THE SAME FOR THE FLIGHT. THE WINDS ALOFT WERE HIGHER THAN FORECAST WHICH EXTENDED THE TIME TRYING TO GET BACK TO LNK. AWOS REPORTS SHOWED THE WEATHER DETERIORATED RAPIDLY.

## Other reports on N3011V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910809033139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910809033139I), Aug 9, 1991: Cessna 150M (N3011V), Iuka, MS, Minor damage. Engine rough after takeoff. Returned but forced to land in field.

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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