- Date
- June 23, 1990, 21:08 local (Jun 24, 1990, 01:08 UTC)
- Place
- Blountville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1408QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 8251
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Probable cause
The pilot's inaccurate fuel consumption calculations which resulted in 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 pilot reported that the airplane was fueled followed by a cross country flight. His flight planning indicated that the flight would require 2.5 hous. After 3.5 hours the airplane was about 8 miles short of the destination. He stated the increased time was because of headwinds. He did not indicate the mixture setting used during cruise. While descending for landing the engine sputtered, caught, & quit. A forced landing resulted in a collision with a fence. There were no mechanical malfunctions reported. About one gallon of fuel was found in the tanks when the airplane was recovered. Later the engine was operated. The only anomaly noted during the engine operation was an indication of a very rich mixture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1408Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072708
- Airframe hours
- 5,940
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Nolen, Jack R.
- Registered owner
- Carrington, Donald I
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 18, 1990
- Departed
- LFN · Louisberg, NC
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TRI · Tri City Regional, runway 23, 7,999 × 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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,157 total · 5 in this make and model · 2,046 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRI, 3 nm away