- Date
- March 11, 1982, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bryan, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N51394Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820311003539A
- Case key
- 70062
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After a touch & go on rwy 13 the eng failed. The CFI attempted a left turn back to rwy 32. During the turn the acft contacted a tree, then collided with the ground flipping the acft inverted. One quart of fuel was drained from the left tank & less than one gallon drained from the right tank. The CFI stated he sent the student out to preflight & to have the FBO refuel the acft. The CFI stated he presumed the FBO had added fuel & that the student had used the dipstick since the fuel gauges were known to be inoperative. The student had not flown in this acft before. He stated he saw several inches of fuel in the tanks & that the CFI checked his appointment record book & said they would be okay on fuel because 6 gals had been put in each tank earlier in the day.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51394
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069975
- Airframe hours
- 4,017
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Bryan Aero Inc.
- Registered owner
- Bryan Aero Inc.
- Departed
- CFD · Bryan, TX
- Destination
- CFD · Bryan, TX
- Airport
- CFD · Coulter, runway 13, 3,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 7,500 total · 500 in this make and model · 5,000 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 180 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLL, 6 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.