# Accident 20150926016199A: Cessna 150F, Fort Wayne, IN, September 26, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 26, 2015, 03:45 local time
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Smith Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9997° N, 85.2094° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9997&lon=-85.2094&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6922F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6922F-2018-02-16) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 224 total, 208 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA433](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA433) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150926016199A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 3:45 AM EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150F AIRCRAFT,

N6922F, WAS DESTROYED FOLLOWING IMPACT WITH TERRAIN.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SMITH FIELD (SMD) NEAR FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.  THE PRIVATE PILOT OCCUPANT WAS UNINJURED AND HIS PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO THE PILOT AND WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED NOR REQUIRED.

THE PASSENGER INDICATED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE ENGINE "SPUTTERED" AND THEN LOST POWER.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE AIRPORT BUT LANDED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA APPROXIMATELY ONE-QUARTER MILE SSW OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 23.

WITNESSES NEAR THE CRASH SITE REPORTED HEARING AN AIRCRAFT FLY OVER WITH MULTIPLE POPPING NOISES FOLLOWED BY A LOUD CRASH.

## 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 CEN15LA433](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA433), Sep 26, 2015: Cessna 150F (N6922F), Fort Wayne, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N6922F (2)

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

- [Accident 19780721018149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780721018149A), Jul 21, 1978: Cessna A150K (N6922F), Washington, NC, Substantial damage. Skid marks began 300FT fm apch end of rwy. Brake opn fnd normal.
- [Accident 19750323007699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750323007699A), Mar 23, 1975: Cessna 150F (N6922F), Washington, NC, Substantial damage. Plt noticed shimmy in nosewheel,raised nose to reduce pressure acft became airborne lndd on nose.

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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