Cessna 150 N8319J

Summary

On 3 July 2009 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N8319J, operated by Craig Dennis Husch, was involved in an accident near Bloomington, Illinois, 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

3 July 2009 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Bloomington, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

40.4769, -88.9158

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N8319J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Craig Dennis Husch

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Monee → Bloomington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN09CA410

Nobody was injured.

The complete loss of engine power as a result of fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's inadequate preflight.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he checked the fuel level by looking at the fuel gauge prior to departure, and it read about 1/2 tank. Approximately one hour after departure, the pilot was beginning to make a descent to the destination airport. About 3 miles from the airport the engine lost power, and the pilot executed a forced landing to a road. During the approach to the road, the stall warning sounded as he tried to clear some trees. He lowered the nose and flew under the trees, but the left wing hit a tree and the airplane impacted the ground. An inspection of the airplane revealed that there was about 1.5 gallons of fuel remaining in the tanks. The Pilot Operating Handbook states that the unusable fuel capacity of the airplane was 3.5 gallons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.