- Date
- September 20, 1991, 19:10 local (Sep 21, 1991, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Pleasant Grove, AL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4096JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910920042139A
- Case key
- 8474
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane prior to the last takeoff resulting in an inadequate fuel supply for 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
The engine quit while flying at a cruise altitude. Examination of the aircraft disclosed that 1/2 gallon of automotive fuel was in the fuel system when the engine quit. The pilot departed without refueling after a 3 hour 40 minute flight the day before. The engine quit approximately 20 minutes into the flight. The estimated fuel endurance for this airplane was 4 hours.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4096J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-65396
- Airframe hours
- 35,473
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Heaton, Gerald
- Registered owner
- Heaton, Gerald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 21, 1990 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- 2A3 · Bessemer, AL
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
- 1,092 total · 500 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BHM, 15 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.