- Date
- August 14, 1983, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jones, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61193Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830814040539A
- Case key
- 21011
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a properly endorsed solo flt the student plt became lost in hazy conditions. He was not aware that one of the acft's fuel gauges was inop and had no watch. Eventually he established his location but ran out of gas before reaching his home field. The acft nosed over in deep dust during the landing roll.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61193
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-70878
- Airframe hours
- 3,361
- Engine
- Continental O 200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dale Maxwell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 21, 1983
- Departed
- 0M0 · Jones, LA
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 100 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.