# NTSB ATL87LA233: Cessna 150H, N23193, Lumberton, NC, August 14, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1987, 15:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place: Lumberton, NC
- Coordinates: 34.630805, -79.009803 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6308&lon=-79.0098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7501
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA233
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7501/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA233

## 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 (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23193), registered now, S/N 15068785, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15068785
- Airframe hours: 3752
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870814045569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870814045569A), Aug 14, 1987: Cessna 150H, Lumberton, NC, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel near destination. Nosed over landing in a soybean field. Failed to check fuel prior to flight.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.