# NTSB MIA97LA140: Cessna 150M, N63666, Ormond Beach, FL, April 18, 1997 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: April 18, 1997, 17:00 local (21:00 UTC) - Place: Ormond Beach, FL - Coordinates: 29.280679, -81.060241 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2807&lon=-81.0602&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 29, 1997 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 38264 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA97LA140 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38264/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA140 ## Probable cause the flight crew's improper planning/decision, which resulted in 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(total) - nonmechanical, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr) - planning/decision - improper, flightcrew (cause) - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause) - Forced landing, emergency descent/landing - On ground/water collision with object, emergency landing - object - tree(s) ## Analysis While on a practice instrument approach, 3 to 4 miles north of the airport, at about 700 feet, the engine lost power. Subsequently, during a forced landing, the aircraft hit trees and was damaged. Postcrash examination of the aircraft revealed no evidence of fuel leaks from the aircraft before or after the accident. The right fuel tank contained 1 quart of fuel, and the left tank contained 2 quarts of fuel. The aircraft had flown 4.2 flight hours since it was last refueled. ## Factual narrative On April 18, 1997, about 1700 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N63666, registered to Ormond Beach Aviation, crashed while making a forced landing following loss of engine power at Ormond Beach, Florida, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the commercial-rated flight instructor and private-rated dual student were not injured. The flight originated from Ormond Beach, the same day, about 1610. The flight instructor stated that while on a practice instrument approach, about 3-4 miles north of the airport at about 700 feet, the engine failed due to fuel exhaustion. They were unable to make it to the airport, and while making a forced landing in a field collided with trees. The operator reported that the undamaged right fuel tank contained 1 quart of fuel after the accident and the undamaged left tank contained 2 quarts. The aircraft had been refueled on the morning of April 18, 1997, and had flown 4.2 flight hours since the last refueling until the engine failure and accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N63666](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63666-1997-09-20), registration cancelled 1997-09-20, S/N 15077467 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150M - Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15077467 - Airframe hours: 7401 - Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Ormond Beach Aviation - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, April 7, 1997, 31 hours before - Departed: ORM ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 24; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 750 total, 300 in this make and model, 690 as pilot in command, 320 in the last 90 days, 80 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 80° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: DAB, 12 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 19970418006189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970418006189A), Apr 18, 1997: Cessna 150M, Ormond Beach, FL, Substantial damage. On practice IFR approach engine quit one mile from airport, due fuel exhaustion. Was flown to end of fuel range. (-23) a/c on VOR approach to omn airport,… ## Other investigations on N63666 (1) 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. - [NTSB ATL84LA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA010), Oct 3, 1983: Cessna C-150 (N63666), Parkersburg, WV, substantial damage 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.