LOGAN, UT, USA
N6697G
CESSNA 150-L
THE PRIVATE PLT WAS RETURNING FROM A NIGHT X-COUNTRY FLT. HE SAID HE WAS AT NORMAL CRUISE AT 8000 FT & 8 MI FROM THE DESTINATION, WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER & HE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT. HE LANDED IN A FIELD. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE PLANE WENT THRU A FENCE, NOSED OVER & CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PLT SAID HE HAD FLOWN 3 HRS ON THIS TANK OF FUEL & SHOULD HAVE HAD 1 HR LEFT. HOWEVER, A POST-ACDNT INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL ENGINE FAILURE. NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE CARBURETOR, FUEL GASCOLATOR OR FUEL PUMP. ONE GALLON OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT TANK & NONE IN THE LEFT. NO EVIDENCE OF A FUEL SPILL WAS FOUND AT THE CRASH SCENE.
IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION, DUE TO LACK OF FUEL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS AND A FENCE IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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