# NTSB Accident SEA97LA111
> **Cessna 150M** · 1997-05-13 · FREELAND, WA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA97LA111
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08024
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-05-13
- **Location:** FREELAND, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 48.010868, -122.539878
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 150M
- **Registration:** N7557A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Fuel exhaustion due to the flight instructor's failure to insure there was proper fuel in the aircraft and the flight instructor's misjudgment of his altitude and airspeed while executing a power-off forced landing in a large open field.  Factors include: a wet landing surface and trees located on the boundary of the field.

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