Cessna 150F N7953F

Summary

On 2 November 2006 at about 17:10 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N7953F was involved in an accident near McHenry, Maryland, 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

2 November 2006 at 17:10

Classification

Accident

Location

McHenry, Maryland, United States

Coordinates

39.5647, -79.3756

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N7953F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oakland → Petersburg

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC07LA021

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a loss of engine power during takeoff-initial climb.

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

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The pilot serviced the airplane with fuel about 2 flight hours prior to the accident flight. During the preflight inspection prior to the accident flight, the pilot did not visually verify the fuel level, as he had done prior to the previous flight, but assumed about 7 gallons of fuel remained in the fuel tanks. About 1 minute after takeoff the engine began to "sputter," and the pilot made an off-airport forced landing. During the postaccident recovery efforts, less than one gallon of fuel was drained from each of the airplane's fuel tanks. When fuel was added, the engine was successfully started and run.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.