Cessna 150M N8959U

Summary

On 9 July 2004 at about 19:20 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N8959U was involved in an accident near Sherrill, Arkansas, 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

9 July 2004 at 19:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Sherrill, Arkansas, United States

Coordinates

34.3814, -91.9583

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N8959U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Stuttgart → Sherrill

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW04LA180

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision which resulted in the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

While on the final leg of a solo cross-country flight, approximately 1 mile from the airport, the airplane's engine lost power. The student pilot initiated a forced landing to a cornfield. During the forced landing, the airplane impacted cornstalks, the terrain, and came to rest upright in a field. The pilot stated "[visual] examination [revealed] that fuel exhaustion [caused the accident]." The engine was test run on the airframe and ran at various power settings for approximately 2 minutes with no anomalies noted.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.