- Date
- July 5, 1983, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Arcadia, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6056GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830705028569A
- Case key
- 20961
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was damaged in a forced landing after the engine quit from fuel exhaustion. The plt had made an unscheduled stop for oil during the x-country flt. According to the plt the engine began to run rough while cruising and then quit completely even though carburetor heat was used. A forced landing followed. According to the police at the scene the acft was exhausted of fuel. The plt said the gauge read 1/2 full. He also thought he should have had 3 hours of fuel andhad flown only 2 and 1/2 hours before power loss. The 3 hours of fuel was the plts estimate of fuel on board at originaldeparture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6056G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071556
- Airframe hours
- 5,906
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dwayne P. Semrad
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 11, 1983 · 22 hours before
- Departed
- 8OF · Antlers, OK
- Destination
- GOK · Guthrie, OK
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 400 in this make and model · 513 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.