# NTSB ATL86LLT01: Cessna 150, N714BZ, Livingston, TN, October 9, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 9, 1985, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Livingston, TN
- Coordinates: 36.379459, -85.320068 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3795&lon=-85.3201&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): 7203
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL86LLT01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7203/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LLT01

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - instructions,written/verbal - not followed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714BZ-1986-03-13), registration cancelled 1986-03-13, S/N 15079062 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15079062
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851009051599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851009051599A), Oct 9, 1985: Cessna 150M, Livingston, TN, Substantial damage. Fixed wing student became lost and ran out of fuel on cross country flight. Crashed in tree covered terrain.

## Other investigations on N714BZ (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 NYC79FHJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FHJ05), Dec 11, 1978: Cessna 150 (N714BZ), Farmingdale, NY, no damage

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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