# NTSB ATL86LA195: Cessna 150L, N10949, Shelbyville, KY, July 10, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 10, 1986, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Shelbyville, KY
- Coordinates: 38.210689, -85.230674 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2107&lon=-85.2307&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): 7148
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LA195
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7148/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA195

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - aircraft service - inadequate, fbo personnel (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - expectancy, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - complacency, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, fbo personnel (contributing factor)
  - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10949-2017-07-12), registration cancelled 2017-07-12, S/N 15075160, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 150-75160
- Airframe hours: 6409
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860710034909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860710034909A), Jul 10, 1986: Cessna 150L, Shelbyville, KY, Substantial damage. Engine quit en route. Pilot struck a fence to slow him down during forced landing. Fuel exhausted. Flaps not used.

## Other investigations on N10949 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL02LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA045), Feb 12, 2002: Cessna 150 (N10949), Panama City Bch, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to use carburetor heat that resulted in the loss of engine power. A factor was weather conditions favorable for the formation of carburetor ice.

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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