- Date
- July 1, 1993, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Haswell, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704QRCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930701021509A
- Case key
- 18297
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain control of the aircraft during landing roll. Factors were: alternator failure, failure of the student pilot to follow procedures and directives, and failure of the student pilot to perform fuel consumption calculations.
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
While on a student solo cross country training flight, the alternator failed and the student failed to recognize the failure. The loran, which he was using for navigation, failed so he switched to the VOR. That also failed and he then noticed his fuel gauges were low and thought he was running out of fuel. The student pilot attempted to land on a rural road and went off the side of the road into a ditch. The flight departed with full fuel which provides approximately 4 hours and 30 minutes endurance. The actual duration of the flight was 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704QR
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078794
- Airframe hours
- 5,228
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl Scott And Larry Wagner
- Registered owner
- Carl Scott And Larry Wagner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1993 · 82 hours before
- Departed
- FTG · Watkins, CO
- Destination
- LHX · Lamar, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 24 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °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 N704QR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.