# Accident 20150214001209A: Cessna 150M, Layton, UT, February 14, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 2015, 10:21 local time
- Place: Layton, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0603° N, 111.9711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0603&lon=-111.9711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N827CH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N827CH-2018-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150214001209A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED LOGAN, UT (LGU) FOR BOUNTIFUL, UT (BTF) AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 A.M. ON 2/14/2015.  ACCORDING TO PILOT STATEMENT HE HAD 8 GALLONS OF FUEL WHEN HE DEPARTED.  AFTER APPROXIMATELY .5 FLIGHT TIME THE ENGINE STOPPED AND PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING INTO A GOLF COURSE.  PLANE STOPPED UPSIDE DOWN IN A SAND TRAP.  THERE WERE MINOR INJURIES TO PILOT AND PASSENGER.

## 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 WPR15LA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA103), Feb 14, 2015: Cessna 150M (N827CH), Layton, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot's inadequate preflight and in-flight fuel planning, which did not account for the increased headwind.

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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