- Date
- August 9, 1983, 19:41 local (23:41 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3400VCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830809042409A
- Case key
- 12303
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft made a forced landing in a corn field and nosed down after the engine stopped during flt. During pre-flt the pilot had looked in the tanks and measured the amount of fuel with the tie cap chain. He thought he had enough fuel for the flt even though the gauges inside the acft registered almost empty. The acft ran out of fuel 5 miles from the arpt during the return.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3400V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076490
- Airframe hours
- 2,213
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sangamon Valley Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1818
- Airport
- SP1 · Capital, runway 12, 5,298 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 72
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 56 total · 56 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3400V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.