- Date
- July 28, 2023, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dune City, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66165Cessna 150M
- Defining event
- Enroute: Fuel exhaustion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20230728013689A
- Case key
- 192832
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, and impact with terrain.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was enroute to acquire additional fuel but ran out of fuel and experienced a total loss of engine power before reaching the destination. The airplane collided with trees during the forced landing, substantially damaging both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66165
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075887
- Engine
- Teledyne Continental O-200-A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Cape Blanco, OR
- Destination
- Dunes Park, OR
- Airport
- 5S6 · Cape Blanco
- Equipment
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 67
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 2,800 total · 2,800 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.06 inHg
- Observed at
- KOTH, 29 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KOTH 182356Z 36023G31KT 10SM CLR 18/13 A3006
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 4, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.1 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.