Cessna 150 N714ER

Summary

On 15 February 2020 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N714ER was involved in an accident near Wadsworth, Ohio, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 February 2020 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Wadsworth, Ohio, United States

Nearest airport

Wadsworth Muni (3G3)

Coordinates

41.0031, -81.7564

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N714ER

Category

Airplane

Year built

1976

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ravenna → Wadsworth

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN20LA092

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot’s inadequate preflight fuel planning, which resulted in a 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 private pilot was on approach to land the airplane when the engine lost power and the airplane landed short of the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the engine mount. After the accident, a mechanic drained 2 gallons of fuel from the fuel tanks, which would not have been usable in flight. The pilot estimated there had been 7 gallons of fuel in the fuel tanks before the half-hour flight, and there is no evidence that the airplane had been fueled before the accident flight. The circumstances of the accident are consistent with the loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Given the length of flight and the average fuel burn, the pilot didn’t ensure sufficient fuel was onboard before departure.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.