- Date
- September 5, 1983, 22:30 local (Sep 6, 1983, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Freer, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N3374JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830905074369A
- Case key
- 21047
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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
Reportedly, the non-rated plt encountered a loss of power after the fuel exhausted near the destination arpt. Subsequently, he made an emergency landing at night on umimproved terrain aprx 1 mi from the arpt. During the landing sequence, the acft bounced, the right wing dug into the ground, then the plane swerved 45 deg & collided with mesquite trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3374J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066074
- Airframe hours
- 3,131
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charlie'S Flyers
- Registered owner
- Billy W. Williams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 22, 1982 · 35 hours before
- Destination
- T19 · Freer, TX
- Airport
- T19 · Duval-Freer, runway 13, 3,690 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 55
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 7 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.