# Accident 20131026025019A: Cessna 150H, Livingston, AL, October 26, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2013, 15:00 local time
- Place: Livingston, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5889° N, 88.1744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5889&lon=-88.1744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N684RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N684RA-2014-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131026025019A

## Narrative

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

ENROUTE FROM CULLMAN, AL TO GONZALES, LA, ALTERNATOR FAILED. PILOT STATED THAT HE THEN NOTICED FUEL GAUGES READING EMPTY, ELECTING TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING (WITH POWER) IN A PLOWED FIELD. THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER ON IT'S BACK IN SOFT GROUND.

## 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 ERA14LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA094), Oct 26, 2013: Cessna 150H (N684RA), Livingston, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate soft-field technique during the precautionary landing, which resulted in a nose-over. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which…

## Other reports on N684RA (1)

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

- [Incident 19810122010129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810122010129I), Jan 22, 1981: Cessna 150H (N684RA), San Antonio, TX, Minor damage. Student pilot struck another aircraft while taxiing.

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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