- Date
- November 17, 1987, 11:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Patoka, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N86WACessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871117066429A
- Case key
- 14018
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While enroute to Patoka airport for fuel the aircraft experienced fuel exhaustion and the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in a field. The aircraft landed approximately two miles northeast of the airport. The nose gear of the aircraft became stuck in the ground during landing rollout, causing the aircraft to flip over onto its back. According to the pilot's logbook, the aircraft had been flown approximately 4.1 hours since last refueling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86WA
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070812
- Airframe hours
- 6,533
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy S. Williams
- Registered owner
- Roy S. Williams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OEA · Vincennnes, IN
- Destination
- IN30 · Patoka, IN
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
- 19
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 273 total · 150 in this make and model · 183 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 19 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EVV, 25 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.