- Date
- October 12, 1984, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brookhaven, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61219Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841012055629A
- Case key
- 6686
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
A total power loss occurred due to fuel exhaustion. During a forced landing, the plt stalled the acft while clearing over power lines, then the acft collided with trees as it descended out of control. A successful test run of the eng was performed. Investigators found an amount of fuel aboard the acft that was less than the published usable quantity.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61219
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070894
- Airframe hours
- 1,962
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter D. Stanley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 5, 1984
- Departed
- M16 · Raymond, MS
- Destination
- IR7 · Brookhaven, 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
- 77
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 3,770 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAN, 49 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.