- Date
- November 21, 1986, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Leander, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3230VCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861121073569A
- Case key
- 22310
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot made an emergency landing on a highway 20 miles nw of austin due to fule exhaustion. The aircraft received substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot then refueled the aircraft with auto gas from a passing truck and continued on to his destination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3230V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076430
- Airframe hours
- 2,235
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Westley C. Sheffield
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1986
- Departed
- 05F · Gatesville, TX
- Destination
- AUS · Austin, TX
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,776 total · 134 in this make and model · 614 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS, 20 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.