Flight Details
The pilot departed Bethany, Oklahoma, on a local pleasure flight with fuel tanks slightly less than half full. After approximately 1.5 hours of flight, he landed at Red Rock Airport in Hinton, Oklahoma. No service was performed on the aircraft while at Hinton.
Sequence of Events
On the ensuing initial climbout after takeoff, the aircraft experienced a loss of power due to fuel exhaustion. The aircraft reached about 200 feet above ground level before it began losing altitude. The pilot reported lowering 10 degrees of flaps before the aircraft collided with small trees and nosed down into the ground.
Aftermath
The pilot did not file an accident report.