# NTSB FTW82DA042: Cessna 150H, N6510S, Shreveport, LA, January 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1982, 13:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Coordinates: 32.599575, -93.859741 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5996&lon=-93.8597&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 19, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72617
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72617/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA042

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6510S-2014-11-12), registration cancelled 2014-11-12, S/N 15067310, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15067310
- Airframe hours: 2342
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820119001319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820119001319A), Jan 19, 1982: Cessna 150H, Shreveport, LA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final approach for landing and crash occurred during emergency landing.

## Other investigations on N6510S (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI72FEV13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEV13), Aug 16, 1971: Cessna 150 (N6510S), Manito, IL, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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