- Date
- July 21, 1983, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Johnston, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18188Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830721035139A
- Case key
- 6135
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Analysis
The plt reported that before taking off, he preflighted the acft & estimated that 6 gal of fuel was on board. According to him, the engine lost power aprx 30 min after takeoff & he was unable to restart it. During a forced landing, he intentionally ground looped the acft to avoid colliding with a fence. During the ground loop, the nose gear failed. The acft was equipped with a 26 gal fuel sys of which 3.5 gal was unusable. Normal fuel consumption was between 7.0 & 3.2 gal/hr. The plt reported probable miscalculation of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18188
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073851
- Airframe hours
- 3,707
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lloyd E. Hallman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 10, 1983 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- Batesburg, SC
- Destination
- Trenton, SC
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 155 total · 155 in this make and model · 126 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- A65
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.