# Accident 20180826024339A: Cessna 150L, Eldorado, TX, August 26, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2018, 19:00 local time
- Place: Eldorado, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.9072° N, 100.8997° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9072&lon=-100.8997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1701Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1701Q-2025-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 200 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA514](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA514) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180826024339A

## Narrative

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

WHILE ENROUTE LVJ TO PEC, PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL 15 WEST OF ELDORADO TEXAS AND LANDED ON AN ACCESS ROAD STRIKING A 10 INCH OIL PIPE LAID ON THE SURFACE CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA18CA514](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA514), Aug 27, 2018: Cessna 150 (N1701Q), Eldorado, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N1701Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20240515010919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240515010919A), May 15, 2024: Cessna 150L (N1701Q), Godley, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Late in the day, with VFR weather conditions and after fueling the aircraft with aproximately 11.5 gallons of 100LL avgas, the solo student pilot was…

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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