- Date
- July 7, 1986, 00:53 local (04:53 UTC)
- Place
- Selfridge Ang, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8095FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860707084139A
- Case key
- 13481
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt became lost at night over a large body of water and requested assistance. When identified by ATC, the acft did not have enough fuel remaining to reach an arpt. The acft suffered fuel exhaustion on final apch and was landed on a golf course 2000 ft short of the rwy threshold. The left wing contacted a tree during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8095F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064195
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- A. Spicer Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SKY · Sandusky, OH
- Destination
- DET · Detroit, MI
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 775 total · 450 in this make and model · 665 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 220° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MTC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.