- Date
- November 27, 1989, 02:30 local (08:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N714AECessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891127047239A
- Case key
- 23081
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
Fuel exhaustion due to the inadequate in-flight planning/decision by the plt. A factor in this was the improper initial training by the flight instructor.
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
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
In-flight planning/decision - inadequateCause
Improper initial trainingFactor
Forced landing
Light condition - dark night
On ground/water collision with object
Object - poleFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714AE
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079020
- Airframe hours
- 10,286
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Pegasus Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Pegasus Flight Center, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 12, 1989 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- OKC · Oklahoma City, OK
- Destination
- FTW
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 110 total · 40 in this make and model · 56 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 3 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.
Other investigations on N714AE · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW85LA327Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLubbock, TXThe plt was advised that he was cleared for an intersection takeoff on rwy 17R. After his run up, the plt attempted a night takeoff to the north on an unlighted taxiway that ran parallel to the active runway. Controllers advised the pilot to abort, which he…NTSB DEN77FTE73Accident · Minor injuriesClosedTwo Buttes, CO