- Date
- August 10, 1989, 19:12 local (Aug 11, 1989, 00:12 UTC)
- Place
- Terrell, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5794ECessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890810034949A
- Case key
- 22906
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot became lost during the flight and fuel exhaustion occurred which required an off airport forced landing.
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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fuel system - exhaustionCause
Became lost/disoriented - inadvertentCause
Lack of familiarity with geographic areaFactor
Inadequate trainingFactor
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5794E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17294
- Airframe hours
- 5,812
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Whitten, Richard V.
- Registered owner
- Tucker, Charles H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 19, 1989 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- F12 · Henderson, TX
- Destination
- 07F · Gladewater, 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
- 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 · 9 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.