- Date
- January 15, 1988, 18:22 local (23:22 UTC)
- Place
- Fayetteville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N60362Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880115000729A
- Case key
- 7697
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student plt rptdly became lost on a solo x-c flight, and was unable to locate her destination arpt. She subsequently obtained radar vectors to another arpt. The airplane subsequntly lost power while on final appch to the arpt, and the airplane crashed into trees about 1.5 miles short of the rwy. Post-crash exam of the airplane revealed that the fuel supply was exhausted. The flight originated with adequate fuel for the planned 1 hr trip. The actual time in flight was about 2.2 hrs. The student plt rptdly had a total of about 8 hrs solo flt experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60362
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070253
- Airframe hours
- 4,464
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lumberton Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 8, 1987 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- CLT · Charlotte, NC
- Destination
- LBT · Lumberton, NC
- Airport
- FAY · Fayetteville Municipal, runway 4, 7,204 × 195 ft, grass/turf
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 8 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 20° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- FAY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.