- Date
- July 3, 1987, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ogden, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60154Cessna 150-J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870703032249A
- Case key
- 17256
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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 plt and his son were returning home to Ogden. The plt reported to Ogden tower, 'I'm out of fuel.' The plt later stated, 'I landed in a field of two foot tall grass about five miles north of Ogden arpt. Prior to coming to a stop the acft struck a ditch obscured by the tall grass. The ditch flipped the acft over on its back.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60154
- Reported as
- Cessna 150-J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070109
- Airframe hours
- 2,475
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kirk S. Douglass
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 16, 1986
- Departed
- AFO · Afton, WY
- Destination
- OGD · Ogden, UT
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 192 total · 192 in this make and model · 165 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
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 N60154 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.