Service difficulty report · Fuel Sys · Cessna 150M

Difficulty date
April 5, 2011
Submitted
September 14, 2015
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Cessna 150M
Aircraft time
14,028 hours
Engine
Cont O200A
Part
Fuel Sys
Condition
Low Pressure
Location
Engine
Part time
13,429 hours
Stage of operation
AP
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
R, J
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

(CAN) ENGINE FAILURE ON APPROACH REPORTED BY PILOT, SUSPECT LOW FUEL. INVESTIGATING IF OTHER FACTORS CONTRIBURTED TO LOW FUEL CONDITION. ACFT FUEL DELIVERY AND STORAGE SYS INSPECTED NO ABNORMALITIES FOUND. ACFT FUEL QUANTITY INDICATION SYS VERIFIED ACCURATE AND CORRECT. TOTAL FUEL REMOVED FROM ACFT, LT AND RT TANKS, WAS 2.16 GALLONS. ACFT FILLED AND GROUND RUN COMPLIED WITH AND ACFT GROUND RUN CORRECT. FUEL STARVATION TO ENGINE CAUSED ENGINE TO STOP AND FUEL STARVATION CAUSED BY LACK OF FUEL ONBOARD OF ACFT.

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