# NTSB Accident FTW96FA143
> **Cessna 150** · 1996-03-10 · MULESHOE, TX, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** FTW96FA143
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05391
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-03-10
- **Location:** MULESHOE, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.219715, -102.719665
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 150
- **Registration:** N66362
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

improper planning/decision by the student pilot, and his failure to take adequate remedial action after becoming lost and encountering a low fuel situation, which subsequently resulted in fuel exhaustion, loss of engine power, and a forced landing at night.  Factors relating to the accident were: the student pilot became lost/disoriented, inadequate supervision by the flight instructor (CFI), darkness, and the inability of the student pilot to see the power lines during an emergency landing at night.

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