Cessna 150F N8158S

Summary

On 8 September 2003 at about 01:45 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N8158S was involved in an accident near Knox City, Texas, 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

8 September 2003 at 01:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Knox City, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Harrison Field of Knox City Ai (F75)

Coordinates

33.4381, -99.8128

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N8158S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Muleshoe Munici → Harrsion Field

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

FTW03LA219

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's inadequate flight planning/decision, resulting in fuel exhaustion and the loss of engine power. Contributing factors were the student pilot's failure to refuel the airplane and lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot did not refuel the airplane prior to departure for his return cross-country flight. Approximately 25 miles from the destination, he started a slow decent to approximately 3,500 feet msl at approximately 10 miles from the airport, the engine lost power, and the pilot initiated a forced landing to a field. There was no evidence of fuel found at the accident site.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.