# Accident 20240216009229A: Cessna 150, Everett, WA, February 16, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2024, 17:30 local time
- Place: Everett, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9368° N, 122.2888° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9368&lon=-122.2888&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3538V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3538V-2024-06-03) (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 150
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL O-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240216009229A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS ON AN EXTENDED RIGHT BASE TO FINAL FOR RUNWAY 16 AT PAE. THE PILOT SAID THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. PILOT NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT LOSING AIRSPEEED AND ALTITUDE. THE PILOT CALLED THE TOWER AND SAID THEY DID NOT THINK HE WAS GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT. THE TOWER CLEARED THEM TO LAND. THE PILOT'S ENGINE STARTED FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN QUIT. THE PILOLT SAW SOME HOUSES AND STEERED AWAY FROM THE HOUSES.  THEN LANDED IN THE TREEES. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT THEN CALL 911, FOR HELP. THE PILOT TOLD THEM THEY HAD CRASHED BUT DID NOT KNOW THEIR EXACT LOCATION. AFTER SEARCHING THE AREA, FIRST RESPONDERS WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THE PILOT AND EXTRICATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

IN SPEAKING WITH BOTH THE PILOT AND HIS CFI. THEY BOTH STATED THAT THEY FLIGHT PLANNED FUEL WAS FROM FOREFLIGHT. THE FUEL LOAD WAS THE REQUIRED, BASED ON FORECAST WINDS AND ROUTE. ON BASE TO FINAL THE FOREFLIGHT FUEL COMPUTATION WAS DEFINETLY SHORT ON THE FUEL NEEEDED.

## 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 WPR24LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA091), Feb 17, 2024: Cessna 150M (N3538V), Everett, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.

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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