- Date
- December 26, 1983, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ozark, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N6816GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831226064879A
- Case key
- 6405
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Analysis
The plt reported that the acft had about 17 gal of fuel on board before he took off. About 2 hrs & 40 mins later, while in slow flt at aprx 700 ft AGL, the eng lost power. The plt landed in a small field that was surrounded by trees. During the landing roll on rough terrian, the plt ground looped the acft to avoid colliding with trees. This resulted in failure of the nose gear & the acft nosed over. The plt stated, 'seems like I ran out of gas.' He also reported that the fuel gages indicated the tanks were 1/4 full when the eng stopped running. According to the owner's manual, fuel consumption ranged rrom 3.2 to 7.0 gal/hr.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6816G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Don Mynard
- Departed
- 71J · Ozark, AL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Foreign, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 852 total · 10 in this make and model · 48 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN
FAA reports on this event · 1
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