Cessna 150M N63067

Summary

On 26 December 2000 at about 00:50 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N63067 was involved in an accident near New Underwood, South Dakota, 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

26 December 2000 at 00:50

Classification

Accident

Location

New Underwood, South Dakota, United States

Coordinates

44.0903, -102.8302

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N63067

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kimball → Spearfish

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI01LA053

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate planning and preparation, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A factor relating to this accident was the plowed field.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that he departed Kimball, South Dakota, with 17 gallons of fuel, which he said he "physically checked". The pilot said he flew 2.5 hours en route toward Spearfish, South Dakota, with a slight right quartering headwind. He said, "Expended all fuel 2.5 hrs (hours) into [the] flight, made [an] emergency lndg (landing) in a plowed field. Approximately 2-1/2 gallons of fuel was recovered from the airplane's fuel tanks. No other anomalies were found. The Cessna 150M Pilot's Operating Handbook states that the airplane's fuel capacity with standard tanks is 26 gallons. The total usable fuel is 22.5 gallons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.