# NTSB CHI83LA415: Cessna 150G, N6227S, Paris, IL, September 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 5, 1983, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Paris, IL
- Location: 39.6143° N, 87.6926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paris, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6143&lon=-87.6926&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12335
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA415
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12335/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA415

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - flight/nav instruments,directional gyro - false indication (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - low level (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - false indication (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - performed, pilot in command
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6227S-1985-05-08), registration cancelled 1985-05-08, S/N 15067027 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15067027
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830905046199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830905046199A), Sep 5, 1983: Cessna 150G, Paris, IL, Substantial damage. Student pilot on first solo cross country became disoriented. Exhausted fuel and crashed during emergency landing.

## Other investigations on N6227S (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI70DBD06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70DBD06), Jan 11, 1970: Cessna 150 (N6227S), Roselle, IL, substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI69D0437](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69D0437), Dec 24, 1968: Cessna 150G (N6227S), Streator, IL, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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