- Date
- June 11, 1992, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Evansville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N21906Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920611019529A
- Case key
- 15475
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgement of fuel supply.
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
A solo student pilot on a cross-country flight experienced power loss on final approach to the destination field. He reported to tower he was running out of fuel and turning to a forced landing site. The tanks contained 3.25 gallons of fuel; unuseable fuel for the airplane is 3.5 gallons.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21906
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074526
- Airframe hours
- 2,690
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Twx Properties, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Twx Properties, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 30, 1992 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- LUK · Cincinnati, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EVV · Evansville Regional, runway 36
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 23 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EVV, 1 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.