# NTSB CHI82DA130: Cessna 150, N50759, Gary, IN, April 23, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: April 22, 1982, 22:11 local (Apr 23, 1982, 03:11 UTC)
- Place: Gary, IN
- Location: 41.5934° N, 87.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5934&lon=-87.3464&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 22, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70813
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70813/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA130

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50759), registered now, S/N 15069533, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 69533
- Airframe hours: 2870
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820422011099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820422011099A), Apr 22, 1982: Cessna 150J, Gary, IN, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final approach for landing due to fuel exhaustion. Crash occurred during attempted landing on road.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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