Cessna 150G N4662X

Summary

On 6 October 2003 at about 23:50 local time, a Cessna 150G registered N4662X was involved in an accident near Jeykll Island, Georgia, 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

6 October 2003 at 23:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Jeykll Island, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Jekyll Island (09J)

Coordinates

31.0797, -81.4333

Aircraft

Cessna 150G

Registration

N4662X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Glynco Jetport → Jeykll Island

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL04LA009

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's preflight planning and the mismanagement of the fuel supply that resulted in fuel exhaustion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, about 10 minutes after takeoff he noticed a "power drop" and a noise on the pilot side which sounded like exhaust, as if he had blown a cylinder or lost compression. He said that at first he could not go above 1200 feet mean sea level (MSL). When the pilot was not able to maintain altitude, the pilot elected to make a forced landing into a swamp. On the approach for the landing the pilot pulled the nose of the airplane up and airplane collided with trees. Examination of the airplane found leading edge damage to both wings and twisting of the fuselage. Examination of the engine, found no evidence of fuel in the fuel tanks, fuel lines, fuel gascolator or in the carburetor. On May 3, 2005 at 1500 eastern daylight time, the pilot was asked about the amount of fuel he had onboard his airplane at the time of the accident. On his Pilot/Operator Report he stated that he departed with 21-gallons of fuel on board. However, at the time of the accident there was no fuel found in the fuel tanks. The pilot stated that he did not recall if he had checked the fuel tanks prior to takeoff. He also said that at the accident site there was no fuel spill according to the local authorities on-scene. He stated that if there was no fuel on the airplane then he could not argue with the findings.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.