- Date
- January 28, 1984, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Elizabeth, WV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61289Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840128001609A
- Case key
- 6309
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Analysis
The plt reported that he departed steubenville, oh for welch, WV, to pick up a passenger and continue to parkersburg, WV. He stated that he departed steubenville with full fuel tanks and cruised at an alt of 7500 MSL. He began an enroute descent and as the acft passed through 4500 MSL the eng lost power. Investigation reveal that the acft was out of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61289
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070945
- Airframe hours
- 1,953
- Engine
- Continental O-200 A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Barbara J. Baron
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1984 · 1,760 hours before
- Departed
- 125 · Welch, WV
- Destination
- PKB · Parkersburg, WV
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 131 total · 90 in this make and model · 1,102 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 195° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PKB, 175 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.