# NTSB DEN87LA165: Cessna 150-J, N60154, Ogden, UT, July 3, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 3, 1987, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Coordinates: 41.179153, -111.910423 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1792&lon=-111.9104&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17256
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA165
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17256/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA165

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60154-1988-04-08), registration cancelled 1988-04-08, S/N 15070109 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150-J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070109
- Airframe hours: 2475
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870703032249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870703032249A), Jul 3, 1987: Cessna 150J, Ogden, UT, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel. Landed in a field with tall grass. Struck a ditch and flipped over.

## Other investigations on N60154 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK71FVW10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK71FVW10), Sep 11, 1970: Cessna 150 (N60154), Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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