- Date
- June 16, 1990, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kinston, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6436KCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900616021129A
- Case key
- 8247
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Probable cause
Flight crew's failure to properly preflight and plan for the intended flight by not ensuring that adequate fuel was on board prior to takeoff. The engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.
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 purpose of the flight was to administer a biennial flight review. The pilot receiving the training apparently conducted the preflight inspection without the supervision of the instructor. The instructor also failed to followup and confirm that the inspection was accomplished according to standard procedures. The second pilot admitted conducting a poor inspection, by not assuring that adequate fuel was on board prior to the departure. The engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6436K
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1501976
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Iso Aero Services Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 5, 1990
- Departed
- ISO
- Destination
- ISO
- Airport
- ISO · Kinston Regional, runway 23, 7,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 403 total · 87 in this make and model · 390 as pilot in command · 104 in the last 90 days · 67 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ISO, 2 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.