# NTSB Accident CHI00LA159
> **Cessna 150M** · 2000-06-11 · BETHALTO, IL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI00LA159
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21179
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-06-11
- **Location:** BETHALTO, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.899868, -90.039916
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 150M
- **Registration:** N66081
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the improper in-flight decision of the pilot to fly past the Vandalia airport onto Saint Louis Regional and the fuel exhaustion.  A factor was the ditch.

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