- Date
- August 31, 1985, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wabash, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N66550Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850831045849A
- Case key
- 13200
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Analysis
The student plt was on a planned 3 leg x-country. On the second leg, he became ill and was lost for about one hour. He did not refuel as he though enough fuel remained to return to Wabash. The eng stopped about 7 miles from Wabash. The acft nosed down in a fld at about a 45 deg angle from an alt of aprx 100 ft AGL during the forced landing. No fuel was found in either fuel tank after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66550
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076116
- Airframe hours
- 3,818
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Miresse Aircraft, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- IRS · Sturgis, MI
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 48 total · 48 in this make and model · 17 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 30 nm away
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 N66550 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.