- Date
- December 5, 1982, 13:36 local (18:36 UTC)
- Place
- Fostoria, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7399ACessna A150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821205062329A
- Case key
- 70730
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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 student pilot was practicing ground reference maneuvers when he experienced a power failure. A forced landing was made in an open plowed field. The aircraft nosed over. The aircraft had been flying about 1 hour and was out of fuel. It as estimated that there was only about 10 gal of fuel on board when the aircraft took off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7399A
- Reported as
- Cessna A150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500731
- Airframe hours
- 1,650
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Rex Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Rex Damschroder
- Departed
- 5G3 · Fostoria, OH
- Destination
- 5G3 · Fostoria, OH
- Airport
- 5G3 · Fostoria Municipal
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 38 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 144 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FIN, 8 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.