- Date
- September 6, 1982, 21:50 local (Sep 7, 1982, 02:50 UTC)
- Place
- Genoa City, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N50318Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 70821
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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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel consumption calculations - misjudgedCause
Lack of recent total experienceCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Lack of recent experience in type of aircraftCause
Overrun
Planned approach - misjudgedCause
Proper touchdown point - exceededCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
Returning from a cross-country flight the pilot overshot the touchdown point. During the go-around, the engine quit and the aircraft hit a tree. The pilot stated that he did not evaluate his fuel consumption properly.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50318
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1569224
- Airframe hours
- 4,425
- Engine
- Continental O-200-AH8, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Q. Russell
- Registered owner
- Robert Q. Russell
- Departed
- C · Kankakee, IL
- Destination
- C · Genoa City, WI
- Airport
- 64C · Vincent, runway 27, 2,200 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 237 total · 45 in this make and model · 114 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 156 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
Other investigations on N50318 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.