- Date
- October 15, 1986, 19:10 local (Oct 16, 1986, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Lago Vista, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5552GCessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861015048769A
- Case key
- 22289
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor (CFI) & student had planned a 30 min flt to practice touch-&-go landings. During the initial climb after the 3rd touch-&-go, the eng lost power from fuel exhaustion. The CFI stated that he measured the fuel supply with a ruler drg the preflt & calculated that 6.5 gal or enough for aprx 1 hr of flt was remaining. However, the eng quite after about 1/2 hr of operation. The total fuel supply of the acft was 26 gal, of which, 3.5 gal was considered as unusable. Drg an exam after the acdnt, only about 2 gal of fuel was found remaining. No evidence of a leak was found in the fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5552G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071052
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- G. D. Widner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 14, 1986
- Departed
- 5R3 · Lago Vista, TX
- Airport
- 5R3 · Lago Vista Bar-K Airpark, runway 33, 3,790 × 75 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
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,772 total · 492 in this make and model · 1,607 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5552G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.