Cessna 150M N63672

Summary

On 24 August 2012 at about 15:30 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N63672 was involved in an accident near Arrow Rock, Missouri, 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

24 August 2012 at 15:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Arrow Rock, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

39.0683, -92.9458

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N63672

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Marshall → Marshall

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12LA583

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate fuel management and in-flight decision making, which resulted in a total 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 pilot departed on a local flight with enough fuel for the planned 1-hour flight. However, he flew longer than planned and exhausted the usable fuel as he was returning to land. The engine lost total power, and the pilot performed a forced landing in a pasture, during which the airplane’s fuselage was substantially damaged. The pilot indicated that he purchased fuel at a local airport during his flight. However, personnel at that airport recalled that the accident airplane performed a touch-and-go landing, and the pilot did not stop or purchase fuel there. A postaccident examination of the wreckage revealed no usable fuel in the fuel tanks or fuel strainer.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.