- Date
- May 11, 1991, 15:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Raymondsville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5759GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910511058789A
- Case key
- 23333
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Probable cause
Oil exhaustion for undetermined reason. A factor was the soft terrain.
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
During a day cross country flight, the student pilot expereinced a loss of engine oil pressure, followed by a complete loss of engine power. The student pilot executed a forced landing to a large open area. During the landing roll the nose gear sank into sand and the airplane nosed over. Examination showed the engine had no oil. There was no oil spillage on the ground and none on the engine cowling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5759G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071269
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- B/S Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- B/S Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- LRD · Laredo, TX
- Destination
- HRL · Harlingen, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 11 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.