- Date
- April 6, 1987, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tinley Park, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50305Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870406010449A
- Case key
- 13751
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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
Approximately 3 miles short of the destination arpt the plt stated that the engine quit. The acft was lined up with a road but due to heavy traffic the plt elected to stall the acft into nearby trees. Examination of the acft by the FAA following the accident disclosed that they could not find any fuel onboard the acft. During retrieval, the salvage crew drained 2-3 gals out of the rt wing tank. Examination of the rt wing fuel cap vent did not reveal any malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50305
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069212
- Airframe hours
- 4,300
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alan D. Gjerbe
- Registered owner
- Alan D Gjerde
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 5, 1987 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- AXA · Algona, OH
- Destination
- 3HW · Crestwood, IL
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,800 total · 1,255 in this make and model · 8,600 as pilot in command · 190 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MDW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.