# Accident 20250812010239A: Cessna 150M, Fordsville, KY, August 12, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2025, 20:05 local time
- Place: Fordsville, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6432° N, 86.6779° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6432&lon=-86.6779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9400U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9400U-2026-01-06) (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 150M
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 160 total, 110 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA299) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250812010239A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT THE ENGINE RPM WENT TO IDLE, CHECKED BOTH MAGNETOS AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT WOULD ONLY RUN AT 1000 RPM. PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM TERRAIN IMPACT DURING LANDING. THERE WAS NO IMPACT FIRE. POST IMPACT INSPECTION REVEALED NO FUEL IN WING TANKS (WITH NO TANK RUPTURE) AS WELL AS NO FUEL IN THE GASCOLATOR

## 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 ERA25LA299](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA299), Aug 13, 2025: Cessna 150 (N9400U), Fordsville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a subsequent 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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