# NTSB ATL82DA236: Cessna 150L, N5301Q, Jacksonville, NC, August 14, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1982, 12:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Jacksonville, NC
- Coordinates: 34.760639, -77.399749 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7606&lon=-77.3997&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 14, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71172
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA236
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71172/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA236

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE THE FUEL GAUGES WERE INDICATING AT OR NEAR 1/4 FULL. REPORTEDLY, THE POWER LOSS OCCURRED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS LANDED IN A CORN FIELD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5301Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5301Q-2017-04-18), registration cancelled 2017-04-18, S/N 15073201, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073201
- Airframe hours: 6059
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Tar Heel Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Tar Heel Aviation, Inc.
- Departed: NC41, JACKSONVILLE, NC
- Destination: NC41, JACKSONVILLE, NC
- Airport: NC41, Sky Manor

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 641 total, 18 in this make and model, 271 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 190 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820814040809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820814040809A), Aug 14, 1982: Cessna 150L, Jacksonville, NC, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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