- Date
- August 14, 1987, 15:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Lumberton, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23193Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870814045569A
- Case key
- 7501
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The eng lost power and the plt attempted an off arpt landing. The acft nosed over during the landing roll. Records indicated that the acft had been refueled two days prior to the accident. Since that time it had been flown three and one tenth hours prior to this flight. The loss of power occurred about one hour after takeoff. The plts preflight did not include visually checking the fuel in the acft fuel tanks. No fuel was found in the carburetor and each tank contained less than one gallon of automotive fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23193
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068785
- Airframe hours
- 3,752
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harry L. Hester, Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 11, 1987 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- LBT · Lumberton, NC
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,090 total · 60 in this make and model · 1,040 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAY, 26 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.