# NTSB ATL84LA077: Cessna 150L, N6816G, Ozark, AL, December 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 26, 1983, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Ozark, AL
- Coordinates: 31.430475, -85.640441 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4305&lon=-85.6404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/800) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6405
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA077
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6405/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA077

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, other
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - false indication (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - intentional, pilot in command
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 23; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831226064879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831226064879A), Dec 26, 1983: Cessna 150L, Ozark, AL, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine quit from fuel exhaustion.

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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