- Date
- March 13, 1993, 09:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hastings, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N50467Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930313010849A
- Case key
- 15689
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane en route which resulted in an inadequate fuel supply for the flight.
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 total loss of engine power was experienced while on approach to runway 32 at the Hastings municipal airport. A forced landing was made in a field during which the airplane contacted rough terrain and the nose gear collapsed. The pilot stated and a post accident inspection of the airplane revealed the fuel tanks were empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50467
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069324
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brett R. Friederich
- Registered owner
- Brett R. Friederich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 9K4 · Warrernsburg, MO
- Airport
- HSI · Hastings Municipal, runway 32
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 125 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HSI, 2 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.
Other investigations on N50467 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.