- Date
- February 18, 1990, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Leesburg, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N63506Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900218002749A
- Case key
- 11581
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to assure an adequate supply of fuel was onboard 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
The plt was practicing touch and go landings and during climb out on the fifth touch and go, the engine lost power. A momentary gain in power was experienced followed by another loss in power. A forced landing was made in muddy terrain to the left of the runway centerline to avoid trees at the end of the runway. The airplane nosed over during the landing. Post accident inspection of the airplane revealed a total of 4 gallons of fuel remained onboard. Unusable fuel for the airplane was 3.5 gallons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63506
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077355
- Airframe hours
- 3,685
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter H. Schlegel
- Registered owner
- Walter H. Schlegel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 12, 1990 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- W09 · Leesburg, runway 17, 4,500 × 75 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 265 total · 265 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAD, 9 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.