- Date
- November 4, 1986, 22:25 local (Nov 5, 1986, 04:25 UTC)
- Place
- Ramsey, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7680UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861104058969A
- Case key
- 13686
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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
The newly certficated pilot thought his fuel gages were not indicating properly and did not dip the tanks during preflight. On the last leg of the round robin flt fuel exhaustion occurred and the acft nosed over during the forced landing. The plt reported he thought about refueling a couple of times but was hesitant to spend the night at an arpt where fuel service was not available until morning.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7680U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077806
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Abjj Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SAZ · Staples, MN
- Destination
- ANE · Anoka, MN
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 102 total · 4 in this make and model · 55 as pilot in command · 102 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSP, 12 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.