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FAA incident report · Cessna 150F · Okeechobee, FL · January 19, 2010

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Date
January 19, 2010 · 16:40 local
Place
Okeechobee, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N7160F
Reported as
Cessna 150F
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
79 total19 in this make and model13 in the last 90 days
N7160FRegistered now · Cessna 150FS/N 15063760 · Built 1966Airframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On January 19, 2010, while on the return leg of a cross-country flight from sarasota-bradenton international airport (srq) to witham filed airport in stuart Florida (sua), the aircraft ran out of fuel and made an emergency landing in a field five to seven miles west of the Okeechobee airport (obe). The pilot had previously planned to make a full stop landing at obe and possible fill-up for the rest of the trip to sua. The aircraft was not damage during the landing. The pilot, stated in a written statement that during the cross-country planning phase prior to beginning the flight, he estimated the round trip with the tanks full of fuel would leave him 2.4 gallons or approximately one half hour of fuel left in the tanks upon arrival at sua. However, prior to departure from sua, he stated that he visually check the fuel level in the tanks and observed that the volume was approximately one inch below the top of the tank; this is equivalent to having three gallons less than the full tank quantity used in the calculation for planning the flight.

As the FAA filed it

ON JANUARY 19, 2010, WHILE ON THE RETURN LEG OF A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SRQ) TO WITHAM FILED AIRPORT IN STUART FLORIDA (SUA), THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD FIVE TO SEVEN MILES WEST OF THE OKEECHOBEE AIRPORT (OBE). THE PILOT HAD PREVIOUSLY PLANNED TO MAKE A FULL STOP LANDING AT OBE AND POSSIBLE FILL-UP FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP TO SUA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGE DURING THE LANDING. THE PILOT, STATED IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT DURING THE CROSS-COUNTRY PLANNING PHASE PRIOR TO BEGINNING THE FLIGHT, HE ESTIMATED THE ROUND TRIP WITH THE TANKS FULL OF FUEL WOULD LEAVE HIM 2.4 GALLONS OR APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF HOUR OF FUEL LEFT IN THE TANKS UPON ARRIVAL AT SUA. HOWEVER, PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM SUA, HE STATED THAT HE VISUALLY CHECK THE FUEL LEVEL IN THE TANKS AND OBSERVED THAT THE VOLUME WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH BELOW THE TOP OF THE TANK; THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO HAVING THREE GALLONS LESS THAN THE FULL TANK QUANTITY USED IN THE CALCULATION FOR PLANNING THE FLIGHT.