# Incident 20100119026219I: Cessna 150F, Okeechobee, FL, January 19, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2010, 16:40 local time
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2416° N, 80.8293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Okeechobee, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2416&lon=-80.8293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7160F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7160F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 19 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100119026219I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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