- Date
- July 23, 1983, 16:53 local (21:53 UTC)
- Place
- Uvalde, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1639QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830723034499A
- Case key
- 20985
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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.
Analysis
While the student was on a cross-country flt, the eng lost power after the acft had been flying 3.6 hrs. She made an emergency landing on a ranch road; however, during the roll-out, the right wing struck a telephone pole. The acft had a usable fuel supply of 22.5 gal. Fuel consumption for takeoff, climb & cruise was estimated to be 21.94 gal. No preimpact mechanical failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1639Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072939
- Airframe hours
- 2,161
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Chaparral Aviation
- Registered owner
- Jim Radke
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1983 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- 7TX6 · Midland, TX
- Destination
- UVA · Uvalde, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.