Cessna 150L N18132

Summary

On 1 January 2006 at about 01:36 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N18132, operated by Prairie Air Service Inc, was involved in an accident near Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 January 2006 at 01:36

Classification

Accident

Location

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Tulsa International (TUL)

Coordinates

36.1922, -95.8861

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N18132

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Prairie Air Service Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bartlesville → Tulsa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DFW06CA045

2 people had minor injuries.

The pilot's improper preflight planning and preparation, which resulted in a 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

The 519-hour private pilot departed on a 307-nautical mile round-robin cross country flight in a single-engine airplane. During the return flight, the pilot elected to land at an intermediate airport to purchase additional fuel; however, it was a national holiday and no one answered his repeated calls to the "after-hours" phone number. The pilot then asked another pilot where the closest airport was located so he could purchase fuel, and was informed of an airport about 20 miles away. The pilot proceeded to fly towards that airport but was unable to make radio contact with someone at the fixed base operator (FBO) to help him purchase additional fuel. The pilot then elected to fly to much larger airport about 34.4 nautical miles beyond his position, where he knew he could purchase fuel. The pilot stated that he encountered a significant headwind, but calculated that he had sufficient fuel on-board to complete the flight. When the airplane was established on final approach, the engine stopped producing power and the airplane impacted trees and terrain about a mile short of the runway. Examination of the airplane's fuel system revealed there was 1.5 gallons of fuel onboard at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.