- Date
- September 5, 1991, 15:02 local (19:02 UTC)
- Place
- Fallston, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5794GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11702
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to accurately determine the fuel quantity before his flight and monitor the quantity during the flight, which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate fuel supply.
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 pilot stated that before the first flight of the day, he was told that the fuel tanks on his aircraft were full but did not personally check the quantity. Later in the day, near the end of his fourth flight leg and 2.1 hours of flight time, the engine stopped operating while cruising at 2,000 feet. Due to heavily wooded terrain, the pilot was forced to land his aircraft in a residential area. The aircraft came to rest in the front lawn of a residence sustaining heavy damage and causing damage to the lawn and two trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5794G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071294
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ram-Air
- Registered owner
- Ram-Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 6, 1991
- Departed
- W29 · Stevnsville, MD
- Destination
- W42 · Fallston, MD
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
- 76
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWI, 40 nm away