Cessna 150M N704ST

Summary

On 5 October 2000 at about 02:00 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N704ST was involved in an accident near Haverford Twp., Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 October 2000 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Haverford Twp., Pennsylvania, United States

Coordinates

39.9708, -75.3107

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N704ST

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

West Chester → Toughkenamon

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC01LA003

1 person was seriously injured.

A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Also causal was the pilot's inability to locate the airport. A factor in this accident was the dark night conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated he departed with about 7 or 8 gallons of fuel on board; however, he was not certain how long he had been in flight. The pilot reported the airplane 'ran out of gas' while searching for an airport at night, and he performed a forced landing into trees. The airplane came to rest about 150 feet into a quarry and was not recovered. The airplane's last annual inspection was about 13 months prior to the accident. The pilot's most recent Federal Aviation Administration medical certificate was dated about 13 years prior to the accident. He reported 200 hours of total flight experience at that time.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.