# NTSB MIA00LA022: Cessna 150M, N714RA, Jacksonville, NC, November 5, 1999 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: November 5, 1999, 12:58 local (17:58 UTC) - Place: Jacksonville, NC - Coordinates: 34.889194, -77.539413 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8892&lon=-77.5394&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 21, 2000 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 47724 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA00LA022 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/47724/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA022 ## Probable cause The flight instructor's improper supervision of the student pilot during preflight and improper fuel management ensuring there was sufficient fuel for the planned flight. This resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power, cruise - fluid,fuel - exhaustion - aircraft preflight - inadequate, dual student - supervision - improper, pilot in command(cfi) (cause) - Forced landing, descent - emergency - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - terrain condition - open field - object - other ## Analysis The flight instructor stated he did not verify the fuel quantity during the student pilot's preflight inspection of the airplane, and he failed to ensure there was sufficient fuel on board the airplane for the cross country flight. While in cruise flight the engine experienced a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. The flight instructor performed a forced landing to an open field where the airplane collided with logs and mud boulders during the landing rollout ## Factual narrative On November 5, 1999, at about 1258 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150M, N714RA, registered to Tarheel Aviation Inc., experienced a reported total loss of engine power in cruise flight in the vicinity of Jacksonville, North Carolina. The pilot made a forced landing and crashed on landing rollout. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a VFR flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The commercial pilot flight instructor (CFI) and student pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 1 hour 28 minutes before the accident. The CFI stated the student pilot preflighted the airplane. He informed him that the airplane was full of fuel, and that he did not verify the fuel quantity before departing on the cross-country flight from Jacksonville, North Carolina, (OAJ), to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, (CRE), and return back to Jacksonville. They did not purchase any fuel before departing CRE en route to OAJ. They were in cruise flight at 3,500 feet abeam Wilmington, North Carolina, when he observed the fuel gages near empty. He asked the student pilot again if the fuel tanks were full when they departed OAJ, and he replied yes. The engine began to sputter and quit. He informed Wilmington approach that they had an engine failure and were making a forced landing. He made a right turn towards an open field. On final he observed the forced landing area was a swampy area, and contained logs and mud boulders. The nose gear collided with the logs and mud boulders on landing rollout, and collapsed. Both wings and the right horizontal stabilizer sustained substantial damage. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N714RA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714RA-2017-06-07), registration cancelled 2017-06-07, S/N 15079364, built 1977 (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: 15069789 - Airframe hours: 2299 - Engines: Continental O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Tarheel Aviation Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 17, 1999, 40 hours before - Departed: CRE, MYRTLE BEACH, SC - Destination: OAJ, NC - Flight plan: VFR ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 61; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 4,383 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 4,012 as pilot in command, 70 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 80° at 5 knots - Visibility: 7 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 36 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: NCA ## 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 19991105036659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991105036659A), Nov 5, 1999: Cessna 150M, Jacksonville, NC, Substantial damage. (-23) Mr. Karup was providing supervision to a student pilot on a cross country flight from Jacksonville, NC (oaj), to myrtle beach, SC (cre), on Friday,… 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.