- Date
- November 4, 1984, 18:15 local (Nov 5, 1984, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Paris, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6258GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841104061699A
- Case key
- 21618
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionFactor
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Terrain condition - high terrainFactor
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The acft was being flown to a nearby facility for refueling. Fuel exhaustion occurred en route. The plt set up a full flaps descent and collided with trees on landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6258G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150K
- Airframe hours
- 4,177
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Billy R. Hines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 4, 1984 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- 7F6 · Clarksville, TX
- Destination
- PRX · Paris, TX
N6258GRegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2013 · Cessna 150KAirframe modelCessna 150KEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,569 total · 980 in this make and model · 2,338 as pilot in command · 189 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 350° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.