- Date
- February 19, 1983, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, MS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1327QCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6015
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with a tree during a forced landing. The acft was descending returning from a fire patrol when the engine quit. The right fuel gauge was on empty and the left tank showed 1/4 of a tank. Attempts to restart the engine were unsuccessful and during a forced landing on a road the acft struck a tree. Post accident examination of the acft showed both fuel tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1327Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072627
- Airframe hours
- 3,952
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jim Ratliff Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 5, 1983 · 17 hours before
- Airport
- GTR · Golden Triangle Regional, runway 18, 6,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 258 total · 84 in this make and model · 87 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg