# Accident 20251219021479A: Cessna 150F, Murrieta, CA, December 19, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 2025, 20:37 local time
- Place: Murrieta, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5607° N, 117.0233° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5607&lon=-117.0233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8155S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8155S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,607 total, 126 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA065) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251219021479A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 19, 2025, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CESSNA 150, DEPARTED FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT (F70), MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA, ON AN OUT-AND-BACK FLIGHT TO LAKE HAVASU CITY AIRPORT (KHII) AND RETURN. THE AIRMAN REPORTED DEPARTING WITH APPROXIMATELY 4.5 HOURS OF FUEL ONBOARD. THE OUTBOUND FLIGHT TO KHII WAS UNEVENTFUL. BASED ON PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE CONDUCTING THIS ROUTE, THE AIRMAN BELIEVED THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FUEL FOR THE RETURN FLIGHT TO FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT.

THE RETURN FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER VFR AT NIGHT. AFTER MORE THAN TWO HOURS OF FLIGHT, THE AIRMAN ENCOUNTERED STRONGER-THAN-EXPECTED HEADWINDS AND MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY. DURING THE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE AIRMAN ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE AIRMAN THEN ESTABLISHED BEST GLIDE SPEED AND SEARCHED FOR A SUITABLE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA IN THE DARK, HILLY TERRAIN.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED IN AN OPEN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 6 NAUTICAL MILES EAST (087° BEARING) OF FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT (F70). DURING THE FORCED LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE CONE, ENGINE COWLING, AND THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE. METAL REBAR FROM A VINEYARD ALSO PUNCTURED THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRMAN WAS NOT INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR26LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA065), Dec 20, 2025: Cessna 150F (N8155S), Temecula, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate preflight inspection and fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N8155S (1)

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

- [Accident 19950630017259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950630017259A), Jun 30, 1995: Cessna 150F (N8155S), Garfield, CO, Substantial damage. Approaching cloud obscured high mountain terrain. Turned back. Settled. Landed on highway. Reached service ceiling.

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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