# NTSB FTW82DA262: Cessna 150, N6673G, Fort Worth, TX, July 3, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 3, 1982, 12:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Coordinates: 32.859657, -97.210044 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8597&lon=-97.2100&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70723
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA262
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70723/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA262

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, takeoff - initial climb
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - failure,total (cause)
  - fuel supply - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS A LOCAL FLIGHT PRACTINCING LANDINGS AND HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE DURING THE SECOND CLIMB OUT. HE MADE AN EMERGENCY FORCED LANDING STRAIGHT AHEAD AND COLLIDED WITH A DITCH. HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD ABOUT 3 GALLONS OF FUEL BEFORE TAKEOFF. BOTH TANKS WERE EMPTY AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6673G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6673G-1998-11-02), registration cancelled 1998-11-02, S/N 15072173 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15072173
- Airframe hours: 1458
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Richard A. Wood
- Registered owner: Richard A. Wood
- Departed: F70, FORT WORTH, TX
- Destination: F70, FORT WORTH, TX
- Airport: F70, Mangham Field, runway 17, 2,500 × 30 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; private; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 256 total, 256 in this make and model, 103 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 192 °F

## 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 19820703027119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820703027119A), Jul 3, 1982: Cessna 150L, Ft Worth, TX, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine quit on takeoff due to fuel exhaustion.

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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