# NTSB MIA91LA094: Cessna 150G, N2949J, Greenwood, MS, March 9, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 9, 1991, 17:58 local (23:58 UTC)
- Place: Greenwood, MS
- Location: 33.4065° N, 90.0849° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from GREENWOOD-LEFLORE (GWO), within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4065&lon=-90.0849&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32829
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA91LA094
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32829/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA094

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE STUDENT PILOT TO ABORT THE FLIGHT WHEN ONE OF THE TWO FUEL QUANTITY INDICATORS BECAME INOPERATIVE DURING THE FIRST LEG OF THE FLIGHT. ALSO, INACCURATE FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS, POOR PREFLIGHT PLANNING, AND POOR SUPERVISION BY THE CFI WHO REVIEWED THE STUDENT'S PREFLIGHT PLANNING AND PREPARATION FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Miscellaneous/other, cruise - normal
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - abort - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - supervision - poor, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

DURING THE RETURN FLT OF A THREE LEG SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLT, THE ENG QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION WHEN THE FLT WAS ABOUT 5 NM SOUTH OF THE DESTINATION ARPT.  ATTEMPTS TO RESTART WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE PLT LANDED THE ACFT IN A PASTURE & COLLIDED WITH TREES.  EXAM OF THE ACFT AT THE ACCIDENT SITE REVEALED THAT THE FUEL TANKS WERE NOT DAMAGED.  THE FUEL TANKS, GASCOLATOR, & CARB BOWL WERE DRAINED WHICH REVEALED THAT THE ACFT CONTAINED LESS THAN 3 GALS OF FUEL.  ACCORDING TO THE OWNER'S MANUAL, THE TOTAL FUEL QUANTITY IS 26 GALS; OF WHICH 22.5 IS USABLE.  THE PLT FURTHER STATED THAT ABOUT 1 HR INTO THE FIRST LEG OF THE FLT, ONE OF THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATORS INDICATED EMPTY ALTHOUGH THE TANK WAS FILLED PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2949J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2949J-2013-09-17), registration cancelled 2013-09-17, S/N 15065749, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15065749
- Airframe hours: 4741
- Engines: CONTINENTAL 0200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Ealy, Richard H
- Registered owner: Ealy, Richard H
- Last inspection: Annual, November 2, 1990, 43 hours before
- Departed: MEI, MERIDIAN, MS
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: GWO, Greenwood-Leflore

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 43 total, 43 in this make and model, 11 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GWO, 5 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 19910309004829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910309004829A), Mar 9, 1991: Cessna 150G, Greenwood, MS, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on solo crosscountry. Overshot open field into trees on forced landing.

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.

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