- Date
- July 28, 1985, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sharonville, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N51405Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850728039069A
- Case key
- 13185
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the plt, the eng quit 4 hrs into the flt due to 'apparent fuel exhaustion.' He had entered the blue ash traffic pattern instead of going to his original destination because his fuel gages read 1/8 full instead of 1/4 full as he had expected. The eng stopped in the traffic pattern at 800 feet AGL. During a forced landing, the plt stalled the plane into the trees & it fell to the ground after tree impact. He planned his fuel on data in the plt's handbook which called for an endurance time of over 5 hrs at 45% power. The ambient temperature was 12 deg above standard. The handbook said to increase fuel consumption 10% for every 8 deg above standard day temperature.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51405
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069986
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Deark Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ACB · Bellaire, MI
- Destination
- LUK · Cincinnati, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- I77 · Blue Ash
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 176 total · 39 in this make and model · 143 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °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.