# Accident 20090321002429A: Cessna 150E, Columbia, MS, March 21, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2009, 17:30 local time
- Place: Columbia, MS
- Airport: Columbia-Marion County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4844° N, 89.8219° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4844&lon=-89.8219&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4057U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4057U-2021-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 75 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA208) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090321002429A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 5 AT THE COLUMBIA AIRPORT (0R0) THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.  VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FUEL TANKS AT THE SCENE REVEALED THE RIGHT TANK WAS DRY AND THE LEFT TANK WAS WET WITH ONLY A TRACE OF FUEL.  FUEL TANKS WERE NOT COMPROMISED AND WERE INTACT.  BOTH FUEL TANK DRAINS DID NOT HAVE ANY DRAINABLE FUEL.  THE FUEL GASCOLATOR WAS DRAINED AT THE ENGINE DRAIN AND LESS THAN A 1/2 PINT OF FUEL WAS RECOVERED.  PILOT FLEW TWO FLIGHTS THAT TOTALED APPROXIMATELY 2.5 HOURS WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER ON FINAL APPROACH.  PILOT PREVIOUSLY FUELED THE AIRCRAFT BUT DID NOT TOP OFF 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 ERA09LA208](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA208), Mar 21, 2009: Cessna 150E (N4057U), Columbia, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power in flight due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight fuel planning.

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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