- Date
- October 14, 1984, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wirtz, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6348GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6688
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fuel supply - misjudgedCause
Fluid - exhaustion
Engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - false indicationFactor
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fence
Analysis
After a 1 hr 45 min flt, plt decided to initiate another flt. Fuel quantity gages indicated 1/4 full. Eng lost pwr on initial climb. Forced landing executed in open field, wind struck fence post. Post-mishap inspection revealed fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6348G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071884
- Airframe hours
- 1,533
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marlin J. Bowman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1984
- Airport
- Bowman Field
N6348GRegistration cancelled Apr 8, 2013 · Cessna 150KAirframe modelCessna 150KEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 239 total · 180 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg