- Date
- December 23, 1984, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Moundsville, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60209Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841223068399A
- Case key
- 6726
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The solo student pilot departed with both fuel tanks indicating slightly over 1/4 full. 2.3 hrs later the power loss occurred in a descent to the dest arpt. The operator drained about 15 ounces of fuel from the acft and observed no fuel spillage at the site. Touchdown airspeed was excessive in the flaps-up forced lng and the acft collided with trees during the roll out.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60209
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070147
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Board
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 2, 1984 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- Moundsville, WV
- Airport
- Moundsville, runway 4, dirt
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 52 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 15 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.