30.0951° N, 95.6197° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Tomball, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 10, 1981 · 11:15 local
Place
Tomball, TX
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
XBCHW
Reported as
Cessna 150
Reported engine
Lycoming O320B1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18,990 total2,500 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Took off on test hop to check radios. Engine quit. Overshot small clearing, hit trees. Fuel exhausted.
As the FAA filed it
TOOK OFF ON TEST HOP TO CHECK RADIOS. ENGINE QUIT. OVERSHOT SMALL CLEARING, HIT TREES. FUEL EXHAUSTED.