# NTSB ATL85LA229: Cessna 150K, N5773G, Orchard Hill, GA, August 2, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 2, 1985, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Orchard Hill, GA
- Location: 33.1853° N, 84.2122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orchard Hill, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1853&lon=-84.2122&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6841
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA229
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6841/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA229

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

THE ACFT SUFFERED A LOSS OF PWR DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION AND THE PLT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FLD. DURING LANDING ROLL THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AT THE END OF THE FLD. POST ACCIDENT EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED ONE GALLON OF FUEL IN THE RIGHT FUEL TANK AND THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5773G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5773G-1989-01-05), registration cancelled 1989-01-05, S/N 15071273 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Registry model: [Cessna 150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (registry code 2071822) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 13071273
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Charles F. Mobley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 11, 1985
- Departed: GAZ, GRIFFIN, GA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 135 total, 135 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- 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 19850802036169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850802036169A), Aug 2, 1985: Cessna 150K, Orchard Hill, GA, Destroyed. Struck trees after engine sputtered and quit due to fuel exhaustion. Nearly full tanks at start reported by pilot.

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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