- Date
- October 30, 1983, 14:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- La Crosse, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23183Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831030057269A
- Case key
- 12487
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was ditched in lake onalaska after the engine quit about 1 mile short of destination. After the accident the acft was pulled from the lake and examined. The 3 FAA inspectors who examined the acft verified that there was not enough fuel in the acft to operate the engine. Also there was no evidence of mechanical failure. The pilot said he should not have relied so much on the fuel gauges and a newly overhauled engine has an unknown rate of fuel consumption.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23183
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068777
- Airframe hours
- 3,506
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard Allen Deweese
- Registered owner
- Columbia Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- MSN · Madison, WI
- Destination
- LSE · La Crosse, WI
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 15 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N23183 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.