# NTSB ATL88LA079: Cessna 150J, N60362, Fayetteville, NC, January 15, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 15, 1988, 18:22 local (23:22 UTC)
- Place: Fayetteville, NC
- Coordinates: 35.08905, -78.959823 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0891&lon=-78.9598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report March 13, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7697
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL88LA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7697/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88LA079

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - performed (contributing factor)
  - fuel consumption calculations - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - tree(s)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60362-1990-04-30), registration cancelled 1990-04-30, S/N 15070253 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070253
- Airframe hours: 4464
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880115000729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880115000729A), Jan 15, 1988: Cessna STC150, Fayetteville, NC, Substantial damage. Lost student vectored to fay. Ran out of fuel on final. Hit trees and terrain short of runway. Seriously injured.

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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