CLINTON, MD, USA
N6288G
CESSNA 150K
THE INSTRUCTOR (CFI) & STUDENT MET AT THE AIRPORT FOR A NIGHT FLIGHT, AFTER THE FUEL PUMPS HAD BEEN SHUT OFF. THEY WERE TOLD THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN FLOWN EARLIER THAT DAY. THE CFI ELECTED TO PREFLIGHT THE AIRPLANE. HE STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE RIGHT TANK WAS ABOUT HALF FULL & THE LEFT TANK WAS ABOUT 1/3 FULL. THEY TOOK OFF AT ABOUT 2200 EDT & MADE 3 FULL STOP LANDINGS, THEN DEPARTED & FLEW IN THE LOCAL AREA. THE PILOTS RETURNED & MADE 2 MORE LANDINGS. DURING TOOK OFF FROM THE LAST LANDING, AT ABOUT 2315 EDT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER & THE PILOTS WERE FORCED TO LAND IN TREES OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 23.
IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI), WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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