# NTSB CHI94LA219: Cessna 150M, N63277, Waseca, MN, July 3, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: July 2, 1994, 22:37 local (Jul 3, 1994, 03:37 UTC) - Place: Waseca, MN - Coordinates: 44.08049, -93.500381 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0805&lon=-93.5004&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report January 12, 1995 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 9584 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94LA219 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9584/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA219 ## Probable cause inadequate preflight planning/preparation and the pilot's failure to refuel the airplane. Factors related to the accident were a poorly planned forced landing approach and high vegetation. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - fluid,fuel - exhaustion - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - Forced landing, descent - emergency - planned approach - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor) - Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor) ## Analysis THE PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON NEARING THE DESTINATION AIRPORT THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND LOST POWER. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE DURING WHICH THE AIRPLANE CONTACTED A DITCH AND CAME TO REST INVERTED IN A CORN FIELD. POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED 45 OUNCES OF FUEL REMAINED ON BOARD THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT STATED THAT BETTER PREFLIGHT PLANNING COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE ACCIDENT. ## Factual narrative On July 2, 1994, at 2237 central daylight time, a Cessna 150, N63277, registered to Maynard Stensrud and piloted by a private pilot, nosed over during a forced landing following a loss of engine power. The forced landing was made in a field 1 1/2 miles from the destination airport in Waseca, Minnesota. The airplane was substantially damaged. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The flight originated from Brookings, South Dakota, on July 2, 1994, at 2030 cdt. The pilot stated that when nearing the destination airport, the engine began to run rough. He initially planned to land on a county road; however, upon determining he was unable to do so he landed the airplane in a corn field. According to the Waseca County Sheriff's report the airplane touched down just south of the road, contacted a ditch, became airborne, then travelled into a corn field where it came to rest inverted. An inspection of the airplane by the airplane owner, and witnessed by a Sheriff's Deputy, revealed 45 ounces of fuel remained throughout the fuel system of the airplane. The pilot departed Waseca, Minnesota, earlier on the day of the accident, flew to Brookings, South Dakota, and was returning to Waseca when the accident occurred. The airplane had full tanks upon departed Waseca and was not refueled during the trip. The pilot stated to a Federal Aviaiton Administration Inspector that he failed to perform a complete preflight regarding fuel calculations prior to departing Brookings. The pilot reported on NTSB Form 6120.1/2 that better preflight planning could have preventing this accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N63277](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63277-2011-10-06), registration cancelled 2011-10-06, S/N 15077225, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M - Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15077225 - Airframe hours: 3757 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: Maynard R. Stensrud - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: 100 hour, April 6, 1994, 51 hours before - Departed: BKX, BROOKINGS, SD ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 20; private; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 193 total, 60 in this make and model, 138 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 55 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: OWA, 14 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19940702023909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940702023909A), Jul 2, 1994: Cessna 150M, Waseca, MN, Substantial damage. Low fuel en route. Passed nearby fuel stop for destination. Ran out of fuel and nosed over landing 1 mile short. 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. --- 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.