- Date
- April 18, 1988, 22:30 local (Apr 19, 1988, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Azle, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704MFCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880418053229A
- Case key
- 22633
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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.
Analysis
The operator stated the night instrument training flight departed with 8.5 gallons of fuel. One hour and thirty minutes later, the airplane hit a tree during flare for a forced landing due to engine failure. The student stated the fuel gage indicated one fourth full when the engine quit. An FAA instructor said there were fuel system discontinuities and no fuel in the tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704MF
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078714
- Airframe hours
- 7,207
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C. T. Sury
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 16, 1987 · 46 hours before
- Departed
- FTW · Ft Worth, 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 885 total · 610 in this make and model · 705 as pilot in command · 87 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.