- Date
- October 9, 1985, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Livingston, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N714BZCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851009051599A
- Case key
- 7203
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Analysis
The plt made a forced landing in rugged tree covered terrain following a loss of pwr due to fuel exhaustion while on a x-country flt. The plt decame lost near Livingston, TN, and contacted the crossville and london fss for assistance. The acft was located 5 miles west of the Livingston VOR, however, the plt did not follow the headings issued for a df steer to the arpt. The forced landing was made aprx 10 miles north of the Livingston arpt. Inspection of the acft revealed no fuel present in the carb or fuel lines. The two wing fuel tanks contained a total of 3.5 gallons of fuel. The acft has a fuel capacity of 26 gallons of which 3.5 gallons are unusable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714BZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079062
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Farrington Aviation
- Registered owner
- Farrington Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 27, 1984 · 516 hours before
- Departed
- KY29 · Paducah, KY
- Destination
- GCY · Greeneville, TN
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 388 total · 70 in this make and model · 360 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAH, 160 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 N714BZ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.