Cessna 150 N17382

Summary

On 19 October 1995 at about 01:15 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N17382 was involved in an accident near Peosta, Iowa, 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

19 October 1995 at 01:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Peosta, Iowa, United States

Coordinates

42.4406, -90.8505

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N17382

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Waukon → Dubuque

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI96LA013

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's inadequate aircraft preflight inspection and failure to refuel the airplane prior to fuel exhaustion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PRIVATE PILOT REPORTED, WHILE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MILES FROM HIS DESTINATION AIRPORT, THE AIRPLANE LOST ALL ENGINE POWER DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING ON A FIELD. WHILE LANDING, THE AIRPLANE'S NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN MONITORING THE FUEL GAUGES AND BELIEVED THAT HE HAD ONE HOUR AND THIRTY MINUTES OF FUEL REMAINING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT MADE A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE FUEL TANKS PRIOR TO HIS DEPARTURE. HE STATED THAT HE HAD ONLY CHECKED THE FUEL QUANTITY GAUGES DURING HIS PREFLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.