- Date
- April 22, 1982, 22:11 local (Apr 23, 1982, 03:11 UTC)
- Place
- Gary, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50759Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820422011099A
- Case key
- 70813
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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 aircraft engine quit on final approach to landing at Gary municipal. A forced landing was made on a street and the aircraft collided with a street sign before nosing over into a ditch. The aircraft operator examined the aircraft at thescene and said the fuel tanks were dry. Investigation revealed the pilot consulted an instructor about the fuel guage readings at his intermediate stop; however, no refueling was accomplished.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50759
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 69533
- Airframe hours
- 2,870
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Howard B. Weiss
- Registered owner
- Air Continental
- Departed
- BMG · Bloomington, IN
- Destination
- GYY · Gary, IN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Gary Municipal, runway 2, 3,600 × 100 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 99 total · 90 in this make and model · 61 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 113 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.