- Date
- December 26, 1989, 15:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Minden, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N63391Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891226053249A
- Case key
- 23087
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Probable cause
The pilot's mismanagement of fuel by not maintaining an adequate supply of fuel.
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
Aerial observation for Texas forest service. The flight had departed henderson at 1200. While enroute back to the airport to refuel, the pilot was asked to check out a fire near Minden. After circling the area for aprx 15 minutes the engine quit. A forced landing was made in a field and the aircraft collided with trees. No usable fuel remained in the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63391
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077279
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen E. Conaway
- Departed
- HNO · Henderson, TX
- 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
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,539 total · 300 in this make and model · 1,288 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.