- Date
- July 27, 1989, 20:30 local (Jul 28, 1989, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Jordan, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2473JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890727025669A
- Case key
- 17754
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to his misjudgement of the fuel supply. Factors related to the accident were: a false fuel gage indication, and the ditch in the emergency landing area.
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 pvt plt & his son were practicing takeoffs & landings on rwy 16 at dusk. The winds were estimated to be fm 160 deg at 5 KTS. The plt said he took off, & while turning x-wind, the eng stopped running. He rocked the wings in an attempt to restore fuel to the eng, but to no avail. He turned the plane back toward the arpt & landed on terrain east of the rwy. The landing gear struck an irrigation ditch & was damaged as the plane skidded to a halt on the southeast edge of rwy 16. A post-acdnt exam revealed no fuel was remaining in the gascolator & less than 1 qt of fuel was in the tanks. After the tanks were drained, the fuel gages indcd that the left tank was empty & that the right tank was 1/4 full.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2473J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065573
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Weldon E. Glines
- Departed
- U42
- Destination
- U42
- Airport
- U42 · Salt Lake #2, runway 16, 6,100 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 507 total · 67 in this make and model · 507 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.