# NTSB FTW90LA036: Cessna 150, N714AE, Fort Worth, TX, November 27, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 27, 1989, 02:30 local (08:30 UTC)
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 24, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23081
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW90LA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23081/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90LA036

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - improper initial training, flight instructor(on ground) (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - light condition - dark night
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - pole (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N714AE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714AE-1992-03-19), registration cancelled 1992-03-19, S/N 15079020 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15079020
- Airframe hours: 10286
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19891127047239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891127047239A), Nov 27, 1989: Cessna 150M, Fort Worth, TX, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on a night cross-county. Landed on a road. Wing struck a power pole.

## Other investigations on N714AE (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW85LA327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA327), Aug 18, 1985: Cessna 150M (N714AE), Lubbock, TX, substantial damage
- [NTSB DEN77FTE73](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FTE73), Aug 15, 1977: Cessna 150 (N714AE), Two Buttes, CO, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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