# NTSB FTW82DA371: Cessna 150, N4747X, Tulsa, OK, September 7, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: September 7, 1982, 16:42 local (21:42 UTC)
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Coordinates: 36.189281, -95.910202 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1893&lon=-95.9102&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 7, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72878
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW82DA371
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72878/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA371

## 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)
  - fuel consumption calculations - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4747X-1984-06-05), registration cancelled 1984-06-05, S/N 15064797 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15064797
- Airframe hours: 2010
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; 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

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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