- Date
- July 10, 1986, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Shelbyville, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10949Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860710034909A
- Case key
- 7148
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rented the acft without verifying the actual fuel onboard. He then flew to his pvt strip, 26 NM away, and gave 'several' pax hops. About 5 mins after takeoff for the flt to return the acft to the owner's field, the engine started running rough and quit. The plt flew through a fence to slow the acft and struck a ditch during landing rollout. Three and one half gallons of fuel were drained from the left wing. The right wing tank was found empty. The owner of the acft had instructed line personnel to fill only the left tank prior to this flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10949
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-75160
- Airframe hours
- 6,409
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hap'S Aerial Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 16, 1985 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- PVT · Shelbyville, KY
- Destination
- JVY · Sellersburg, IN
- Airport
- PRIV · Shelby
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 179 total · 117 in this make and model · 137 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LOU, 20 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.
Other investigations on N10949 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.