# Accident 20100105025629A: Cessna 150L, Brownstown, IL, January 5, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2010, 18:00 local time
- Place: Brownstown, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9956° N, 88.9528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9956&lon=-88.9528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10401, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10401-2019-11-29) (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 MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 73 total, 16 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100105025629A

## Narrative

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

ON CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM DECATUR, IL TO LITCHFIELD, IL THE STUDENT PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED AND LOST, WHILE THE AIRMAN WAS SEARCHING FOR LITCHFIELD AIRPORT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION.  AIRMAN CONDUCTED AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN NIGHT VMC CONDITIONS.  THE SELECTED LANDING SITE WAS SHORT AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A HEDGEROW DURING THE LANDING ROLL RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT,  WAS UNINJURED.

## 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 CEN10CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA092), Jan 5, 2010: Cessna 150L (N10401), Brownstown, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the student pilot becoming lost/disoriented in flight.

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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