- Date
- January 19, 1982, 13:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Shreveport, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6510SCessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820119001319A
- Case key
- 72617
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot departed stillwater, ok at 0950 CST on a flight to mcalister, OK. While airborne, he amended his destination to Shreveport, LA with an estimated arrival time of 1251 CST. On his flight plan, he estimated 3 hours of fuel on board. At 1253 CST, the engine lost power when the aircraft was about two miles from the airport at Shreveport. A crash landing was made at an intersection of a street and a highway. An inspection of the fuel system revealed that 2.1 gallons of fuel were remaining. The aircraft's fuel capacity was 26 gallons with 3.5 gallons of unusable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6510S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067310
- Airframe hours
- 2,342
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy Lee Duckett
- Registered owner
- E. Burch And L. Murphrey
- Departed
- Stillwater, OK
- Destination
- Chapell Hill, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SHV · Shreveport Regional
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 548 total · 26 in this make and model · 385 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 171 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SHV
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 N6510S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.