Cessna 150E N6147T

Summary

On 1 July 2022 at about 20:00 local time, a Cessna 150E registered N6147T was involved in an accident near Harrah, 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 July 2022 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Harrah, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Oklahoma Academy Airport (PRIV)

Coordinates

35.5399, -97.2016

Aircraft

Cessna 150E

Registration

N6147T

Category

Airplane

Year built

1964

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Harrah → Harrah

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN22LA300

2 people had minor injuries.

The flight instructor’s inadequate inflight fuel planning that resulted in fuel exhaustion and a forced landing.

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

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The flight instructor reported that he and the student pilot departed the short turf runway with a low fuel load to practice landings at another airport. The flight instructor planned to refuel midway through the flight but forgot to stop for fuel, despite observing that fuel quantity gage indications were low during the flight. While the airplane climbed out during a go-around, the engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion. The flight instructor made a forced landing and the airplane impacted trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings. The flight instructor reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The flight instructor attributed the inflight fuel planning error to a lack of recent flight instructor experience and the distractions of a challenging training environment.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.