- Date
- April 25, 1993, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Village, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4559UCessna 150D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930425014489A
- Case key
- 15705
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Probable cause
The pilot in command's inadequate preflight planning.
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
Following normal descent, the aircraft's engine lost all power. During an emergency landing in a nearby cut corn field, the wheels became buried in the mud, and the airplane nosed over. Only a few tablespoons of fuel mixed with water were found in the fuel tanks upon inspection. Engine started and ran until it ran out of fuel during investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4559U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15060559
- Airframe hours
- 5,690
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Anderew S. Bobis
- Registered owner
- Anderew S. Bobis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 1992 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- BMI · Bloomington, IL
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 928 total · 850 in this make and model · 891 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GYY, 31 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.