Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Lunken Field Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
Wednesday, August 15, 2001 13:20 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The pilot returned from a 2-plus hour cross-country flight, and entered the traffic pattern for landing at his home airport. The engine lost power, and the pilot performed a forced landing to a highway. Examination of the airplane revealed no pre-accident anomalies. The fuel system was intact with no leaks or damage noted. The fuel system was drained, and 1 gallon of fuel was collected. Both tanks were then serviced with 5 gallons of fuel, and a test run of the engine was performed. The engine started immediately and ran without interruption at various power settings. According to the airplane's owner's manual, the airplane had a fuel capacity of 26 gallons, 3.5 gallons of which are unusable. The pilot said he performed a preflight inspection of the airplane, but departed with an undetermined amount of fuel. He said, "I should not have trusted my fuel gauges and I should have had the tanks topped off so that I knew for sure how much fuel I had."
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in fuel exhaustion and subsequent loss of engine power.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/15/2001 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1320 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | Cincinnati |
| Event State | OHIO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 45226 |
| Event Date Year | 2001 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 390612N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0842507W |
| Event Location Airport | Lunken Field |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | LUK |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 3 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 150 |
| Airport Elevation | 483 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1253 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 150 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | LUK |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 484 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 3 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | -- |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 26 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 16 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | -- |
| Variable Wind Indicator | -- |
| Wind Speed (knots) | -- |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | -- |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30.03 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 1694 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 13373 |
| NTSB Notification Source | Cincinnati FSDO |
| NTSB Notification Date | Aug 5 2001 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1440 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | May 13 2003 12:26PM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | Cincinnati, Ohio |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N704SE |
| NTSB Number | IAD01LA098 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna |
| Aircraft Model | 150M |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 150-78831 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1600 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 8 2001 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 71 |
| Airframe Hours | 3395 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Aeromark, Inc |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 262 Wilmer Avenue |
| Aircraft Owner City | Cincinnati |
| Aircraft Owner State | OH |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 45236 |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | -- |
| Operator City | -- |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | -- |
| Operator Zip code | -- |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | PMH |
| Departure City | Portsmouth |
| Departure State | OH |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1220 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | LUK |
| Destination City | Cincinnati |
| Destination State | OH |
| Destination Country | USA |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Emergency descent/landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 17 2002 3:07PM |
| User who most recently changed record | PEAR |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 21L |
| Runway Length | 6101 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |