NTSB Identification: CEN12LA583
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, August 24, 2012 in Arrow Rock, MO
Probable Cause Approval Date: 05/09/2013
Aircraft: CESSNA 150M, registration: N63672
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The pilot departed on a local flight with enough fuel for the planned 1-hour flight. However, he flew longer than planned and exhausted the usable fuel as he was returning to land. The engine lost total power, and the pilot performed a forced landing in a pasture, during which the airplane’s fuselage was substantially damaged. The pilot indicated that he purchased fuel at a local airport during his flight. However, personnel at that airport recalled that the accident airplane performed a touch-and-go landing, and the pilot did not stop or purchase fuel there. A postaccident examination of the wreckage revealed no usable fuel in the fuel tanks or fuel strainer.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot's inadequate fuel management and in-flight decision making, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.
On August 24, 2012, about 1030 central daylight time, a Cessna 150M airplane, N63672, impacted terrain during a forced landing following a loss of engine power near Arrow Rock, Missouri. The private pilot, who was the sole occupant, reported that he was uninjured. The airplane sustained substantial fuselage damage. The airplane was owned and operated by Dyer the Flyer Inc. under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Day visual flight rules (VFR) conditions prevailed for the flight, which did not operate on a VFR flight plan. The local flight originated from the Marshall Memorial Municipal Airport (MHL), near Marshall, Missouri, about 0830.
The pilot and operator were given accident reports to complete and return. The pilot's report was not returned with a history of the accident flight. However, the returned operator's report did contain a completed history of flight section. According to the operator’s accident report, the pilot asked to rent the accident airplane for a local flight. The operator asked the pilot how long he intended to fly and the pilot responded about an hour, which he "usually" did. The pilot pre-flighted the airplane and the pilot and operator both checked the fuel quantity. Both fuel tanks were "a little" over half full. The pilot performed three takeoffs and landings at MHL and departed to Jesse Viertel Memorial Airport (VER), near Boonville, Missouri. On his return flight to MHL, the pilot conducted a forced landing on a pasture. The operator indicated that during his approach, the pilot stalled the airplane about 15 feet in the air and the airplane fuselage was torn open behind the rear window. The airplane traveled through a ravine where the nose landing gear separated. The Hobbs meter showed two hours of time elapsed.
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector interviewed the operator. The operator indicated to the inspector that the pilot stated he bought fuel at VER. The inspector contacted personnel at VER and they did not have any record of a fuel purchase by the accident airplane. The personnel remembered that the airplane made a touch and go. However, the airplane never stopped there.
The FAA inspector examined the wreckage on scene. The aircraft was sitting slightly nose low and left wing slightly low. The inspector checked fuel quantity using a universal glass fuel quantity level tester. He found approximately 1/4 to 1/2 inch of fuel at the leading edge of the left tank and no fuel in the right tank. The fuel strainer located at the bottom of the firewall was not damaged. The nose of the aircraft was lifted and the strainer drain cable was pulled. Approximately two tablespoons of fuel came out of the strainer line.
At 1053, the recorded weather at the Sedalia Regional Airport, near Sedalia, Missouri, was: Wind 200 degrees at 9 knots gusting to 18 knots; visibility 10 statute miles; sky condition clear; temperature 32 degrees C; dew point 12 degrees C; altimeter 30.04 inches of mercury.
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NTSB Identification: CEN12LA583
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, August 24, 2012 in Arrow Rock, MO
Aircraft: CESSNA 150M, registration: N63672
Injuries: 1 Minor.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On August 24, 2012, about 1100 central daylight time, a Cessna 150M airplane, N63672, impacted terrain during a forced landing following a loss of engine power near Arrow Rock, Missouri. The private pilot, who was the sole occupant, reported that he sustained minor injuries. The airplane received substantial fuselage damage. The airplane was owned and operated by Dyer the Flyer Inc. under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Day visual flight rules (VFR) conditions prevailed for the flight, which did not operate on a VFR flight plan. The local flight originated from the Marshall Memorial Municipal Airport, near Marshall, Missouri, at time unknown.
At 1053, the recorded weather at the Sedalia Regional Airport, near Sedalia, Missouri, was: Wind 200 degrees at 9 knots gusting to 18 knots; visibility 10 statute miles; sky condition clear; temperature 32 degrees C; dew point 12 degrees C; altimeter 30.04 inches of mercury.
IDENTIFICATION
Regis#: 63672 Make/Model: C150 Description: 150, A150, Commuter, Aerobat
Date: 08/24/2012 Time: 1630
Event Type: Accident Highest Injury: Minor Mid Air: N Missing: N
Damage: Substantial
LOCATION
City: MARSHALL State: MO Country: US
DESCRIPTION
AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A FIELD, NEAR MARSHALL, MO
INJURY DATA Total Fatal: 0
# Crew: 1 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 1 Unk:
# Pass: 0 Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
# Grnd: Fat: 0 Ser: 0 Min: 0 Unk:
OTHER DATA
Activity: Unknown Phase: Unknown Operation: OTHER
FAA FSDO: KANSAS CITY, MO (CE05) Entry date: 08/27/2012
(Sarah Reed/Democrat-News)
Some landing gear was located roughly 10 yards from a plane that landed in a Saline County field Friday morning, Aug. 24.
(Sarah Reed/Democrat-News)
Authorities in Saline County said they were called to the scene of a small plane crash in the 20,000 block Poplar Avenue, in the eastern portion of the county.
Click to hear KMZU’s Kristie Cross talk with Saline County Sheriff Wally George:
The plane reportedly went down near Highway 41, north of Arrow Rock. “Once at the site, deputies discovered a two-seat Cessna 150,” George said. “The pilot, Eugene Wayne Patty Jr., had engine trouble and went down in this field.”
When a plane ended up in a field rather than on a runway Friday morning, it had emergency responders arriving from around the county.
Although a Cessna 150 crash-landed on private property just south of Hardeman, the pilot was able to escape without injury, according to officials at the scene.
Eugene Pattie Jr., who piloted the aircraft, apparently wasn’t in need of medical attention as Saline County Ambulance crews were cancelled en route. As law enforcement officials investigated the incident, Pattie and the property owners waited the plane’s owner, Sam Dyer, to arrive.
Other officials, such as Saline County Sheriff’s Department, Arrow Rock Fire Department and Missouri State Highway Patrol were on scene.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
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