- Date
- October 26, 1990, 18:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Dublin, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8390MCessna A150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901026065809A
- Case key
- 8353
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning and preparation, in that he did not ensure that enough fuel was on board to complete the flight.
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
On his second flight of the day, the private pilot reported that the engine quit short of the destination airport. Unable to restart, he force landed the airplane in a field, and it nosed over. One pint of fuel was recovered from the fuel system at the accident site. The pilot did not visually check his fuel supply prior to takeoff on the second flight. He reported that the accident would have been prevented with better fuel management.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8390M
- Reported as
- Cessna A150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A15000090
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dublin Air Service
- Departed
- SSI · St Simons, GA
- Destination
- DBN · Dublin, GA
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 135 total · 22 in this make and model · 79 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 21 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point -0 °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.