# Accident 20260412010529A: Cessna 150H, Marco Island, FL, April 12, 2026 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: April 12, 2026, 12:15 local time - Place: Marco Island, FL - Airport: Marco Island Exec - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Landing: Approach - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 26.0005° N, 81.6774° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0005&lon=-81.6774&mi=10 - Aircraft: N6586S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6586S) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 150H (registry code 2071818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 351 total, 91 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA171) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260412010529A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REGISTRATION: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MAKE: CESSNA AIRCRAFT MODEL: 150H SERIAL NUMBER: 150H WHEN: APRIL 12, 2026 WHERE: MARCO ISLAND EXEC MKY WHAT: ON SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2026 AT APPROXIMATELY 1216 LOCAL, A CESSNA 150H, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, EXPERIENCED ENGINE ISSUES WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, CLIPPED A TREE AND LANDED IN A BURM ADJACENT TO A ROAD NEAR MARCO ISLAND AIRPORT (MRK/KMKY), MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA. THE SOLE PILOT ONBOARD WAS NOT INJURED. ON SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 1215 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OPERATING A PART 91 FLIGHT FROM LAKE CITY, FLORIDA, AND REPORTED AN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT MARCO ISLAND EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (MKY). THE AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON MAIN SAIL DRIVE ADJACENT TO THE AIRPORT, CLIPPED A ROADWAY SIGN, AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED A TREE LINE NEAR THE AIRPORT ENTRANCE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD ONE SOUL ON BOARD, IDENTIFIED AS MARK THOMAS ARMSTRONG, WHO HELD COMMERCIAL PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HELD A ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER RATING WITH AN INSTRUMENT HELICOPTER RATING AND NO LIMITATIONS. HE WAS PERFORMING A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT TO TRANSITION TO AN AIRPLANE RATING. WRECKAGE AND FUEL EXAMINATION A POST-CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS NOT BREACHED. IT WAS EXAMINED WITH NO ODOR OR PRESENCE OF FUEL DETECTED. IN THE COCKPIT, AN EXAMINATION OF THE FUEL GAUGES WITH MASTER POWER APPLIED INDICATED THAT THE FUEL LEVEL WAS BELOW EMPTY FOR BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT FUEL TANKS. SUMPING THE LEFT TANK FUEL STRAINER REVEALED NO PRESENCE OR INDICATION OF FUEL. THE LEFT FUEL TANK CAP WAS REMOVED AND EXAMINED, WITH NO FUEL FOUND. SIMILARLY, SUMPING THE RIGHT FUEL TANK STRAINER INDICATED NO FUEL. THE RIGHT FUEL TANK CAP WAS REMOVED AND EXAMINED, REVEALING ONLY A TRACE PRESENCE OF FUEL. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE RIGHT TANK REVEALED THAT IT WAS NOT BREACHED. THE WINGS WERE REMOVED TO DETERMINE FUEL QUANTITY; APPROXIMATELY 2 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE RECOVERED FROM THE RIGHT-WING TANK, WHILE NO FUEL COULD BE RECOVERED FROM THE LEFT WING TANK. A POST-CRASH ANALYSIS OF THE RECOVERED FUEL REVEALED A BLUISH TINT AND A LEAD-LIKE ODOR, INDICATING AVIATION GASOLINE (AVGAS) WITH NO WATER CONTAMINATION. 2 ENGINE AND PROPELLER EXAMINATION A POST-CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THE STRAIGHT BLADE TIPS INDICATED THAT THE PROPELLER WAS NOT TURNING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE ENGINE ROTATED FREELY WITH NO BINDING OR STOPPAGES. FUEL PURCHASES FUEL RECORDS AT LAKE CITY REVEALED THAT MR. ARMSTRONG PURCHASED 12.2 GALLONS OF AVIATION FUEL ONAPRIL 12, 2026, AT 0840 LOCAL TIME. ## 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 ERA26LA171](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA171), Apr 12, 2026: Cessna 150 (N6586S), Naples, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.