- Date
- October 2, 1993, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2759SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19931002044789A
- Case key
- 9413
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning/preparation, when he misjudged the (inadequate) supply of fuel before takeoff, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. Soft terrain in the emergency landing area was a related factor.
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 pilot took off to fly to an airport about 25 miles away to buy fuel. When he was about three miles from his intended destination, the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion. During a forced landing, the airplane encountered soft dirt and nosed over. In a written statement, the pilot said he misjudged the available fuel in the airplane.
Factual narrative
On October 2, 1993, at 1115 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150G, N2759S, sustained substantial damage when it nosed-over during landing rollout following a forced landing near Monroe, Michigan.
The private pilot, who received minor injuries, reported a total loss of engine power. The personal flight originated at the Tecumseh Airport, Tecumseh, Michigan, with an intended destination of Monroe-Custer Airport, Monroe, Michigan. No flight plan was filed, and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.
The pilot reported he was flying to Monroe to buy fuel for the airplane. In his written statement he said: "At 2200 feet and three miles west of the airport the engine quit. I attribute this to running out of gas. I erred in computing my available fuel."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2759S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066659
- Airframe hours
- 3,080
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald E. Van Valkenburg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 12, 1992 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- 3TE · Tecumseh, MI
- Destination
- D92
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,322 total · 1,922 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DTW, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.