- Date
- January 16, 1983, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Campbell, MN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9218UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830116001039A
- Case key
- 12069
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot made a forced landing on a country road during a cross-country flight. During the ground roll the acft left the road and collided with a ditch collapsing the nose gear. The two occupants were not injured. The pilot started this flight the previous day with stated fuel supply of 23 gallons. The acft fuel capacity is 26 gallons. The first leg of the trip to buffalo, MN took about one and a half hours. The next day the pilot flew locally one hour and then flew to st. cloud, MN. The acft was serviced with '10 gallons of fuel' after which the pilot flew locally with his sister for anundetermined time. The pilot then departed for wahpeton, a distance of 124 miles. Thirteen miles short of wahpeton the engine stopped. Post accident investigation disclosed one quarter of a gallon of fuel in the right tank and one gallon in the left tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9218U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150678168
- Airframe hours
- 2,450
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerome E. Daniel
- Registered owner
- James L. Aadland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 2, 1982 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- STC · St. Cloud, MN
- Destination
- D63 · Wahpeton, ND
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 147 total · 147 in this make and model · 109 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 310° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AXN, 56 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.