- Date
- August 1, 1990, 23:15 local (Aug 2, 1990, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Clinton, MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6288GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900801029609A
- Case key
- 11553
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the instructor pilot (CFI), which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel.
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 instructor (CFI) & student met at the airport for a night flight, after the fuel pumps had been shut off. They were told the airplane had been flown earlier that day. The CFI elected to preflight the airplane. He stated that he thought the right tank was about half full & the left tank was about 1/3 full. They took off at about 2200 EDT & made 3 full stop landings, then departed & flew in the local area. The pilots returned & made 2 more landings. During took off from the last landing, at about 2315 EDT, the engine lost power & the pilots were forced to land in trees off the end of runway 23.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6288G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071788
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Rose Valley Aviation, Inc
- Registered owner
- Rose Valley Aviation, Inc
- Departed
- W32
- Destination
- W32
- Airport
- W32 · Hyde Field, runway 23, 3,000 × 60 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.