# NTSB ATL85LA064: Cessna 150, N60209, Moundsville, WV, December 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 23, 1984, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Moundsville, WV
- Coordinates: 39.920387, -80.740959 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9204&lon=-80.7410&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6726
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA064
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6726/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA064

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - lowering of flaps - not performed, pilot in command
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command
  - object - tree(s)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60209-2013-04-25), registration cancelled 2013-04-25, S/N 15070147, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070147
- Airframe hours: 4500
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841223068399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841223068399A), Dec 23, 1984: Cessna 150J, Moundsville, WV, Substantial damage. Engine failure (.4)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…

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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