- Date
- May 29, 1989, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Onalaska, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17130Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890529013059A
- Case key
- 22870
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Probable cause
Fuel system exhaustion due to the improper planning/decision by the flight instructor, on the ground, prior to the flight and the improper inflight planning/decision by the student 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
Prior to the flight, the student pilot and his instructor discussed the fact that the airplane was not full of fuel. The student said it was his understanding that he would have sufficient fuel for the solo cross-country flight if the flight went according to the flight plan. The student pilot did not indicate there were any problems with the flight until he noticed the fuel gages were on empty. The student pilot said he had flown to the turnaround airport, made a touch-and-co landing, and was enroute home when he noticed the fuel gages were on zero. He headed for a nearby airport but the engine stopped before he made it there. During the landing roll of the forced landing, the airplane hit a tree stump and went forward to the inverted position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17130
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073630
- Airframe hours
- 4,500
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Huddleston, Ronnie L.
- Registered owner
- Huddleston, Ronnie L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- CXO · Conroe, TX
- Destination
- CXO · Conroe, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.