- Date
- August 22, 1989, 21:45 local (Aug 23, 1989, 03:45 UTC)
- Place
- Logan, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6697GCessna 150-L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890823031249A
- Case key
- 17769
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to lack of fuel. Factors related to the accident were: darkness and a fence 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 private plt was returning from a night x-country flt. He said he was at normal cruise at 8000 ft & 8 mi from the destination, when the engine suddenly lost power & he was unable to restart it. He landed in a field. During the landing roll, the plane went thru a fence, nosed over & came to rest inverted. The plt said he had flown 3 hrs on this tank of fuel & should have had 1 hr left. However, a post-acdnt investigation revealed no evidence of a mechanical engine failure. No fuel was found in the carburetor, fuel gascolator or fuel pump. One gallon of fuel was found in the right tank & none in the left. No evidence of a fuel spill was found at the crash scene.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6697G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150-L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072197
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gordan Wyatt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1989
- Departed
- U11 · Rexburg, ID
- Destination
- LGU · Logan, 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 65 total · 23 in this make and model · 51 in the last 90 days · 22 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.