- Date
- August 26, 1989, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Edgefield, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N465SRCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890826031819A
- Case key
- 8058
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Probable cause
Poor inflight planning by the pilot in command in that he allowed the fuel supply to be exhausted.
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
During a cross country business trip while in cruise flight at 6500 feet the engine quit. The pilot informed air traffic control that the fuel may have been exhausted and requested vectors to the nearest airport. After making a forced landing in a field the airplane hit trees during the landing roll. The pilot later telephoned the ATC facility to inform them he had landed without injury. He stated again that the fuel may have been exhausted. His report of the accident indicated that there were no mechanical malfunctions nor failures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N465SR
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065695
- Airframe hours
- 3,882
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fairweather Pilots, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1988 · 105 hours before
- Departed
- IBR · Flagler Beach, FL
- Destination
- GRD · Greenwood, SC
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 800 total · 500 in this make and model · 750 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AGS, 28 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.