- Date
- October 10, 1991, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Cassville, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2563JCessna 150E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911010045639A
- Case key
- 15331
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's improper preflight planning and preparation. Factors contributing to this accident were fuel exhaustion, a hidden obstruction within the terrain the pilot landed on and a collapsed nosegear.
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 light single-engine airplane was flying a wide downwind leg for landing. The pilot applied carburetor heat and began to reduce power. The engine ceased to run during the power reduction process. The pilot stated he realized he couldn't make it to the runway threshold and decided to land in what appeared to be a level, green colored, field near the airport. Upon touchdown, the airplane rolled downhill then proceeded uphill. During the uphill landing roll the airplane struck a rock and it's nose gear collapsed. The airplane, according to the pilot, nosed over immediately after the rock strike. An on-scene investigation revealed that the fuel tanks were devoid of fuel. There was no fuel spillage nor was fuel found in the carburetor float chamber.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2563J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061063
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dale H. Estein
- Registered owner
- Dale H. Estein
- Departed
- MO61 · Golden, MO
- Airport
- 94K · Cassville Municipal
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 179 total · 21 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- JLN, 40 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.