- Date
- December 6, 1986, 10:58 local (16:58 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5809GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861206064869A
- Case key
- 22305
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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Analysis
The plt experienced a loss of pwr due to fuel exhaustion during the x-country flt. The plt elected to divert to Georgetown, TX, during the flt to refuel. The engine quit aprx 4 to 6 miles north of the aprt. The plt attempted to make the arpt with inadequate airspeed and alt and the acft impacted a tree and the terrain. The plt stated that the acft had 3 to 4 gallons of fuel remaining, however, exam of the acft revealed aprx 1 pint of fuel remained in the fuel system.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5809G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071309
- Airframe hours
- 4,328
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hosea Turner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 20, 1986 · 87 hours before
- Departed
- F39 · Sherman, TX
- Destination
- AUS · Austin, TX
- Airport
- 704 · Georgetown
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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 154 total · 21 in this make and model · 1,128 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 24 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.