# NTSB FTW87LA191: Cessna 150K, N6287G, Mansfield, TX, August 9, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 9, 1987, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Mansfield, TX
- Coordinates: 32.560287, -97.110252 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5603&lon=-97.1103&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 27, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22413
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87LA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22413/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87LA191

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION AND MADE A FORCED LANDING A FEW MILES SHORT OF HIS PLANNED DESTINATION. HIS PREFLIGHT TRIP PLANNING, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, IF FOLLOWED CORRECTLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ADEQUATE FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE PLANNED CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. THIS PLAN CALLED FOR FULL FUEL UPON DEPARTURE AND A DIRECT FLIGHT FROM POINT TO POINT ALONG THE PLANNED ROUTE. AFTER THE ACCIDENT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD DEPARTED WITHOUT TOPPING THE FUEL TANKS WHICH WERE FILLED TO A TOTAL OF AT LEAST FIVE GALLONS LESS THAN THEIR COMBINED CAPACITY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6287G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6287G), registered now, S/N 15071787, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Registry model: [Cessna 150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (registry code 2071822) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071787
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Richard L. Bourland
- Registered owner: Richard La Bourland
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PRX, PARIS, TX
- Destination: S0F, FT. WORTH, TX
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 65 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 99 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTW, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870809061289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870809061289A), Aug 9, 1987: Cessna STC150, Mansfield, TX, Substantial damage. The aircraft force landed due to fuel exhaustion and hit a fence. Solo student on cross country flight.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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