- Date
- May 12, 1985, 09:07 local (13:07 UTC)
- Place
- Atkins, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51347Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850512016439A
- Case key
- 6794
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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
The acft nosed over during a forced landing following a loss of pwr which resulted from fuel exhaustion. On the day prior to the accident the acft had experienced a total electrical failure. The plt stated that on the day of the accident, he lowered a rope into the fuel tanks to check the fuel quantity (fuel gages inop due to electrical failure). Aprx 2 inches of rope was moistened by fuel and the plt judged that enough fuel was in the tanks to complete the x-country. Post accident inspection revealed 1 gallon of fuel was found in the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51347
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-69942
- Airframe hours
- 2,764
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roy E. Teeter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 8, 1985 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- 0A4 · Johnson City, TN
- Destination
- 5A1 · Marion, VA
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,910 total · 39 in this make and model · 1,820 as pilot in command · 102 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BLF, 28 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.