- Date
- October 25, 1989, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Vine Grove, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2662QCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891025042819A
- Case key
- 8172
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight planning/preparation by the student pilot, which led to fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel. The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point during the landing and the parked airplane were contributing factors.
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 eng lost power as the student plt was entering a downwind to land after completing a solo x-country flt. He maneuvered to land on rwy 29 which was 1900' long. However, the acft landed about 3/4 of the way down the rwy with no flaps. Subsequently, it continued off the departure end of the rwy & hit a parked airplane. An exam of the acft revealed it was empty of usable fuel & the fuel gauges indcd the tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2662Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071662
- Airframe hours
- 5,044
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Vine Grove Airport Inc.
- Registered owner
- Vine Grove Airport Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 21, 1989 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- PAH · Paducah, KY
- Destination
- KY70
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- KY70 · Vine Grove, runway 29, 1,900 × 60 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.