- Date
- June 23, 1990, 19:40 local (Jun 24, 1990, 01:40 UTC)
- Place
- Bountiful, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7885FCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900623022079A
- Case key
- 17958
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Probable cause
Power loss due to fuel exhaustion. A factor was the pilot's failure to refuel.
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 pilot flew 4.5 hours without refueling. During descent for landing, the engine lost power. The investigation revealed only a trace of fuel in one tank. An engine run was normal. Magnetos checked ok and maximum power obtained was 2300 RPM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7885F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063985
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Dahl
- Departed
- U42 · West Jordan, UT
- Destination
- BTF · Bountiful, UT
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 280 total · 160 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.