- Date
- September 7, 1982, 16:42 local (21:42 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4747XCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 72878
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel consumption calculations - improperCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
Aircraft collided with trees on final after engine quit due to lack of fuel. Aircraft had 1 gallon of fuel on board when it crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4747X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064797
- Airframe hours
- 2,010
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Claire Reutzel
- Registered owner
- Claire Reutzel
- Departed
- Chanute, KS
- Destination
- Tulsa, OK
- Airport
- TUL · Tulsa International, runway 17R, macadam
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 883 total · 203 in this make and model · 820 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 192 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL