- Date
- August 10, 2005, 20:30 local (Aug 11, 2005, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hillsboro, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6601GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20050810024659A
- Case key
- 62258
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Probable cause
The improper preflight planning/preparation by the pilot and fuel exhaustion during cruise flight.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane impacted terrain during a forced landing following a total loss of engine power. Examination of the airplane revealed about a cup of fuel aboard. The pilot stated that he departed with 6 gallons of fuel aboard.
Factual narrative
On August 10, 2005, at 2030 central daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N6601G, owned and piloted by a private pilot, received substantial damage on impact with terrain during a forced landing near Hillsboro, Illinois, following a total loss of engine power. Dusk visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot was uninjured. The local flight originated from Litchfield Municipal Airport (3LF), Litchfield, Illinois, at 2000.
The pilot stated that he departed from 3LF with 6 gallons of fuel aboard heading east at 2,000 feet mean sea level. About 10 miles from 3LF, he turned south for about 2 miles. At that time, the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power at 1,500 feet mean sea level. The pilot stated that he looked for a road to attempt a forced landing onto but opted for a cornfield.
Inspection of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector revealed that the airplane's fuel tanks contained less than a cup of fuel. The FAA inspector reported that the pilot's airman medical certificate was expired.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6601G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072101
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Adam H. Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3LF · Litchfield, IL
- Destination
- 3LF
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 40 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6601G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.