Cessna 150 N7741E

Summary

On 30 January 1994 at about 04:35 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N7741E, operated by Tobler International, Inc., was involved in an accident near Springfield, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 January 1994 at 04:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Springfield, Oregon, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N7741E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Tobler International, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boise → Eugene

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

SEA94LA053

Nobody was injured.

FUEL EXHAUSTION, AND THE PILOT'S POOR INFLIGHT DECISION. FACTORS INCLUDE THE PILOT'S POOR PRE-FLIGHT PLANNING, AND A SIGN IN THE PATH OF THE LANDING ROLL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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DURING HIS PRE-FLIGHT PLANNING, THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT HIS TIME EN ROUTE WOULD BE THREE HOURS AND THIRTY MINUTES. LATER COMPUTATIONS PERFORMED BY THE NTSB IIC FOUND THAT THE FLIGHT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ABOUT 4.2 HOURS. WHILE ATTEMPTING THE NON-STOP FLIGHT FROM BOISE, IDAHO TO EUGENE, OREGON, THE PILOT BYPASSED AIRPORTS AT WHICH HE COULD HAVE REFUELED. HE THEN EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION ABOUT 15 MILES SHORT OF HIS DESTINATION. AT THE TIME WHICH THE ENGINE LOST POWER, THE LEFT FUEL TANK READ JUST ABOVE EMPTY, AND THE RIGHT TANK READ ABOUT ONE-QUARTER FULL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.