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There is a guy at the airport that I fly from that has ask me to
ask the club members if they have wings and a fuse. for sale.
He is not a member of this club and he does not have a computer.
He ran out of gas near Shawnee OK on April, 18 2007. Does any one
won't to help or should I ask him to join the club.
Jim

Okay, so a tiny wee bit more info would help just a tad,,

This may help:

NTSB Identification: SEA07CA105.
The docket is stored in the Docket Management System (DMS). Please contact Records Management Division
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, April 18, 2007 in Shawnee, OK
Probable Cause Approval Date: 6/27/2007
Aircraft: Cessna 150E, registration: N6251T
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.

The pilot reported that while descending through approximately 2,300 feet mean sea level, about 4.5 miles from his destination airport, the airplane experienced a total loss of engine power. The pilot stated that he began gliding toward the runway, but about 1.75 miles from the runway his altitude became "extremely low." The pilot further reported that due to highway traffic and housing in the area, he chose to land in a field. The pilot reported that after touching down in an easterly direction the airplane struck a tree with its left wing, resulting in substantial damage to the airplane. The aircraft came to rest in an upright position facing northeast. A Federal Aviation Administration air safety inspector, who traveled to the accident site, reported that neither fuel tank was breached, and with the exception of the unusable fuel, both of the airplane's fuel tanks were void of any fuel.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The pilot's inadequate inflight decision by failing to refuel while en route, resulting in fuel exhaustion and the loss of power. A factor was the tree.

So, it looks like we got ourselves a straight-tail/Omnivision Cessna needing a left wing and a fuselage (perhaps more).

The straight-tail/Omnivision fuselage only existed for two model years (D/E, '64 & '65). '63 and earlier had no back window, and in '66 they went to a larger door and a slant-tail.

A wing will be somewhat tough as well - The D/E models used manual flaps, not electric. And the cable routing was different than the earlier models (due to the back window). I'm not sure how much structure in the way of pulley mountings will need to change to convert a later electric-flap wing to a manual-flap model.

I hate to say it, but at first glance this aircraft may become a parts donor for lack of suitable repair parts.

However, the first few phone calls I would make would be to...

Wentworth, 1-800-4WENTWORTH

Faeth, (916) 368-1832

You might also try Rex Brandt in Clinton, IA. He got out of the A&P business and is now parting out aircraft:

Rex Brandt, (563) 249-6018

Good luck!

I do have a good '77 150M fuselage with doors, but it would certainly take too much rework for the D/E's manual flaps and tail feathers to work on it, and would result in a one of a kind airframe.

He would have better luck and much less work to do (and certainly less expensive in the long run) to buy a complete 150 project that needs an engine, radios, instruments, etc. These are much more plentiful (Barnstormers, Trade-A-Plane, even eBay), than a fuselage and wings for the D/E model.

Both wings were damaged one a lot more than the other.
The fuse. wing attach points were damaged. Not to long ago
(one to three months) he installed new insides; carpet,avonics
side panel headliner etc. It came to about $14,000. he had about $28,000 in the hole airplane.
He had the fuel transmitter worked on. The person that worked on it did not calibrate it. He uses auto gas from gas cans in his hanger and did not fill up with avgas when he had a chance.
Gas gage said 1/4 full. He almost made it back to the airport.
Jim

Who relies on fuel gauges? The only time you EVER trust a fuel gauge is when it says EMPTY!

Dave

"Almost"

Wow... he won't be making that mistake again, you can betcha!

At least he would have a nice set of avionics and probably a number of other things to put into another plane... I guess the engine and prop are quite possibly good still?

Just be careful laying down judgment, fellas. There are lots of opportunities for all of us to goof. It wasn't a good moment for the fellow, and he knows it, I'm sure.