- Date
- April 17, 1989, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Athens, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N50703Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890417008309A
- Case key
- 22856
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion due to inadequate preflight by the pilot.
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 pilot did not check the fuel tanks during the preflight, but he said the gages indicated he had sufficient fuel when the engine sputtered and quit, 'indicating fuel starvation.' He said that during the landing roll strong, gusty, crosswinds caught the airplane and caused it to flip over. One gallon of fuel was found in each wing tank after the acdt. There was no smell of fuel leakage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50703
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069495
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Royal Aircraft Restoration,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 2TS4 · Malakoff, 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TYR, 36 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.