# Accident 20210701012439A: Cessna 150H, Reform, AL, July 1, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2021, 13:00 local time
- Place: Reform, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2900° N, 88.1518° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2900&lon=-88.1518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N561QL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N561QL-2022-11-16) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 433 total, 100 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA307) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210701012439A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 1, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 CST N561QL  LANDED IN A FIELD IN PICKENS COUNTY, AL.  DUE TO FUEL DEPLETION WHILE FLYING FROM PHILADELPHIA, MS. (KMPE) TO REFORM, AL. (3M8) CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

THIS ACCIDENT WAS A DELAYED REPORTING WITH THE AIRCRAFT BEING REMOVED FROM THE SCENE BEFORE BEING REPORTED.

## 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 ERA21LA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA307), Jul 1, 2021: Cessna 150 (N561QL), Carrollton, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s incorrect preflight planning and poor in-flight planning, resulting in fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the damage was the inadvertent encounter with a hole during the forced landing.

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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