# NTSB ATL83LA110: Cessna 150, N1327Q, Columbus, MS, February 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 19, 1983, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Columbus, MS
- Coordinates: 33.499496, -88.400299 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4995&lon=-88.4003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6015
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA110
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6015/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA110

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1327Q-1983-06-25), registration cancelled 1983-06-25, S/N 15072627 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15072627
- Airframe hours: 3952
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; 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

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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