- Date
- November 19, 1989, 12:42 local (17:42 UTC)
- Place
- Detroit, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N66714Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891119057569A
- Case key
- 14593
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight planning/preparation which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel.
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
After a short local flight, the pilot returned to the departure airport. While on final approach to land, the engine lost power. The pilot made a forced landing in a field approximately 1/4 mile from the airport. He reported, the aircraft had about 6.5 gallons of fuel when he departed the airport. Only 2 gallons of fuel was found on board the acft. The published unusable fuel for the aircraft 1.75 gallons per wing tank, or 3.5 gallons total. There was no evidence of post-impact fuel leakage/spillage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66714
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076228
- Airframe hours
- 4,150
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aviation Trainers Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 245 total · 177 in this make and model · 140 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.