# Accident 20220730013629A: Cessna 150E, Marshall, TX, July 30, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2022, 14:48 local time
- Place: Marshall, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5178° N, 94.4138° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5178&lon=-94.4138&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6212Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6212Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 78 total, 78 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA355) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220730013629A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT STATED HE HAD DEPARTED KASL EARLIER IN THE DAY WITH FULL FUEL AND FLEW SOLO FROM KASL TO KTRL.  HE THEN CONDUCTED A LOCAL FLIGHT WITH A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PRACTICING LANDINGS IN THE PATTERN AND PERFORMING MANEUVERS IN THE PRACTICE AREA. REVIEW OF THE STUDENT PILOT LOGBOOK SHOWS 3.2 HOURS LOGGED FOR THOSE TWO FLIGHTS. THE STUDENT PILOT THEN RECEIVED THE APPROPRIATE LOGBOOK ENDORSEMENTS FROM THE INSTRUCTOR AND DEPARTED KTRL BACK TO KASL. HE INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT REFUEL PRIOR TO DEPARTURE OR VISUALLY VERIFY FUEL BUT HAD CHECKED HIS FUEL GAUGES AND THOUGHT HE HAD ENOUGH FUEL. WHILE ENROUTE APPROXIMATELY 10NM WEST OF KASL DURING THE DESCENT THE PILOT STATED HE SAW ENGINE RPMS DROP ON THREE OCCASIONS UNTIL THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING ALTOGETHER. THE PILOT THEN CONDUCTED A FORCED LANDING IN A FIELD 5NM WEST OF KASL WITH THE AIRCRAFT COMING TO REST AFTER IMPACTING A FENCE AND LINE OF SMALL TREES. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION NOTED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING A BENT LEFT WING STRUT, BENT LEFT WING SPAR, THE LEFT WING DROOPING DOWNARD AND THE FUSELAGE CRINKLED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COCKPIT. THE LEFT PROPELLER BLADE WAS BENT REARWARD WHILE THE RIGHT PROPELLER BLADE WAS STRAIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNTANGLED FROM THE TREES AND PUSHED BACK IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT AND RIGHT WING TANKS WERE CHECKED VISUALLY AND SUMPED WITH NO FUEL OBSERVED. THE FUEL STRAINER WAS THEN SUMPED WITH APPROXIMATELY 7 OZ OF FUEL NOTED. THE FUEL LINE DRAIN PLUG WAS THEN SUMPED WITH  A FEW DROPS OF FUEL NOTED.

## 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 CEN22LA355](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA355), Jul 30, 2022: Cessna 150 (N6212Y), Marshall, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s inadequate fuel planning and improper in-flight decision-making which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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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