C150 PVT PLT IS DETAINED AT AN AIR FORCE BASE AFTER A FORCED LANDING WAS PREDICATED ON LOW FUEL STATE AND UNFORECAST WEATHER.

2008-09 · NASA ASRS report 804681

Date: 2008-09 · Aircraft: Cessna 150 · Phase: landing

Anomalies: airspace-violation-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-landing-without-clearance

Synopsis

C150 PVT PLT IS DETAINED AT AN AIR FORCE BASE AFTER A FORCED LANDING WAS PREDICATED ON LOW FUEL STATE AND UNFORECAST WEATHER.

Narrative

WITH ANOTHER 2 HRS FLT; ON A LONG XCOUNTRY; I DECIDED TO GET AIRBORNE ONCE AGAIN TO 5500 FT REQUESTING FLT FOLLOWING. THERE WERE HUGE CLOUDS TO THE E AND A FRONT ON MY L TO THE W; BUT I WAS DOING GOOD; MY WAY WAS CLR. THEN IT STARTED TO GET DARK; SCATTERED CLOUDS ALONG MY RTE AT 2000 FT; BUT MY WX BRIEFER TOLD ME IT WOULD BE OK IN ZZZ. NIGHT WAS DARK; BUT I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE CLOUDS; CHKING MY WAYPOINTS AND SO ON; AND I HAD ZZZ1 ON MY RADIO; WHICH GAVE ME ANOTHER FREQ JUST IN CASE I LOST CONTACT WITH HIM; I WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH THE NEXT ONE IN ABOUT 20 MINS; AND MINS AFTER I LOST CONTACT; I SAW ON MY L ZZZ2 ARPT. I WAS ABOUT 60 MI FROM MY DEST; WHEN I SAW IN FRONT OF ME CUMULUS CLOUDS WHICH I WAS ABLE TO GO ON TOP OF; AND I DSNDED TO 3000 FT IN ORDER TO GO UNDER; AND THEN TO 2000 FT. I HAD ZZZ3 ARPT AT ABOUT 5 MI RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME; AS MY CHART WAS SHOWING ME; SO I DECIDED TO LAND. BUT I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING; AND DECIDED TO GO BACK TO ZZZ2. I CALLED 122.0 WITH NO LUCK. I WENT UP TO 3000 FT; STRAIGHT TO ZZZ2 VOR TO LAND; BUT WHEN I GOT THERE THE FOG TOOK OVER; AND IT WAS SO DENSE THAT I WAS NOT ABLE TO LAND; THEN I STARTED LOOKING ON MY MAP TO FIND ANOTHER ARPT; AND TUNING TO ALL FREQS TO GET SOMEONE ON THE RADIO; AND I WAS RUNNING OUT OF FUEL; I WAS NOT SURE I COULD TRUST THE GAUGE SO MY MAP WAS SHOWING ME THE RESTR AREA; BUT THERE WERE 2 ARPTS; ONE NEXT TO THE OTHER. I DECIDED TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION. I WAS FLYING STRAIGHT TO ZZZ3 ARPT; WHEN I SAW ON MY L THE LIGHTS FROM A TXWY; AND ON THE L THE RWY; AND LANDED JUST BEFORE MY FUEL ENDED. THAT WAS AN AFB; AND AFTER LNDG I GOT LOCKED UP. AFTER ALL THE INQUIRING; THEY DECIDED NOT TO PRESS CHARGES ON ME; BECAUSE IT WAS AN EMER.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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