- Date
- October 7, 1988, 20:08 local (Oct 8, 1988, 01:08 UTC)
- Place
- Navasota, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51112Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881007047529A
- Case key
- 22804
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Acft struck a tree during a night forced landing following an eng failure in cruise flt. The eng failure was caused by fuel exhaustion. The flt had been airborne for 4 hours and 44 minutes; however, the plt had calculated that he had sufficient fuel to make his destination with a 30 minute reserve. He overflew several airports that had fuel available during the final stages of the flt. The accident site was 15 miles past one of those airports.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51112
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J. Rouville Labonte
- Registered owner
- Labonte, Rouville J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Destination
- DWH · Tomball, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 125 total · 80 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLL, 15 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.