- Date
- September 5, 1983, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Paris, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6227SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830905046199A
- Case key
- 12335
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was on his 1st solo x-country flt. On the 1st leg of the flt, he became disoriented, experienced fuel exhaustion & landed in a soybean field. During the landing, the acft nosed over when the gear encountered the tall beans. The student attributed his navigational disorientation to directional gyro precession. He stated that when the eng quit, the left fuel gage indicated 1/4 full & the right gage indicated empty. Also, he reported that during the landing, he turned downwind to avoid hitting a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6227S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067027
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sunrise Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 07C · Auburn, IN
- Destination
- BMI · Bloomington, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N6227S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.