- Date
- September 20, 1985, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tunica, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10735Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850920046669A
- Case key
- 6663
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft sustained substantial damage during a forced landing in a cotton fld following fuel exhaustion. Purpose of the flt was to take aerial photographs. Post accident inspection of the acft disclosed 2.5 gallons of fuel remaining in the right fuel tank and the left fuel tank was empty. The acft owners manual states the acft contains 3.5 gallons of unusable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10735
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074992
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- State Aerial
- Registered owner
- Sunaire Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 24, 1985 · 292 hours before
- Departed
- Walls, MS
- Destination
- Tunica, MS
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 530 total · 430 in this make and model · 325 as pilot in command · 234 in the last 90 days · 151 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 35 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.
Other investigations on N10735 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.