Cessna 150F N6492F

Summary

On 26 October 2022 at about 20:04 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N6492F was involved in an accident near Puyallup, Washington, 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

26 October 2022 at 20:04

Classification

Accident

Location

Puyallup, Washington, United States

Coordinates

47.2100, -122.3500

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N6492F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hoquiam → Auburn

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR23LA026

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s inadequate fuel management that 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

The pilot reported that, after completing the first half of a cross country flight, he departed without checking the airplane’s fuel level. Before reaching his destination, the airplane’s engine lost power and the pilot attempted to restart the engine, without success. The pilot executed a forced landing to an open field, where during the landing roll, the airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The vertical stabilizer was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that he had exhausted all available fuel and that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.