- Date
- December 28, 1985, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glidden, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8687SCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851228066309A
- Case key
- 13396
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with powerlines while attempting a power off landing after engine stoppage. The fuel tanks were inspected and there was no fuel in the right tanks and only a small quantity in the lft tank. The engine was tested and found to function properly. The fuel quantity indicators were inspected with the wings in a level position and the fuel tanks empty. Each indicator neele was in or below the empty red radial. The pilot stated that he had checked his fuel gauges ten miles before the engine quit. When interviewed, the pilot stated that 'in my car I can drive on empty for a while.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8687S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- N8678S
- Airframe hours
- 3,364
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lake Geneva Air Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1985
- Departed
- CO2 · Lake Geneva, WI
- Destination
- ASX · Ashland, WI
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 31 in this make and model · 22 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 7 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.