- Date
- April 10, 1989, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hickory, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1214YCessna 150B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890410007419A
- Case key
- 8012
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane prior to the flight resulting in fuel exhaustion during takeoff.
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
Shortly after takeoff at an altitude of aprx 75 ft AGL a complete loss of engine power was experienced. The pilot aborted the takeoff and the airplane nosed over after contacting the runway. Inspection failed to reveal any mechanical failure/malfunction. The pilot had flown the airplane earlier in the day and had not refueled prior to this flight. The pilot reported having aprx 5 gallons of fuel onboard prior to the accident flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1214Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 150B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15059614
- Airframe hours
- 2,770
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 120 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lewis Bibbs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1988 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- Hickory, NC
- Destination
- LCL
- Airport
- WIJ · Wilson, runway 36, 2,000 × 100 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 30 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.