- Date
- April 28, 1987, 00:44 local (04:44 UTC)
- Place
- Roanoke, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3043SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11317
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While enroute from gaithersburg, MD, to blacksburg, VA, the plt decided to divert to Roanoke, VA, due to thunderstorms in the area. On x-wind leg to rwy 33 at Roanoke the eng started to run rough. Aft carb heat was applied it smoothed out but quit completely on extended final. During the forced lndg the acft was substantially dmgd. Exam of the fuel tks revealed no fuel in the rt tk and 2 gals in the left. The plt stated that he flew the acft at full rich at all times during the flt and that he ran into stronger than forecast headwinds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3043S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066943
- Airframe hours
- 2,211
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John G. Fairservice, Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 21, 1986
- Departed
- GAI · Gathersburg, MD
- Destination
- BCB · Blacksburg, VA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ROA · Roanoke Regional, runway 33, 5,800 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 160 total · 76 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 340° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ROA, 1 nm away