- Date
- June 22, 1991, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- San Angelo, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2424JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910622023329A
- Case key
- 23353
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to refuel the airplane which resulted in engine failure due to fuel exhaustion.
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 flight from midland, Texas, to San Angelo, Texas, the airplane lost engine power while cruising at 5,500 feet mean sea level, due to fuel exhaustion. The instructor pilot attempted to land in the only available area; however, this proved to be unsuitable and resulted in the airplane nosing over to the inverted position and sustaining substantial damage. Neither wing fuel tank was compromised and there was no evidence of fuel spillage. Approximately 12 ounces of fuel was recovered from the tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2424J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 65364-6-A
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Henry Koenig
- Departed
- MAF · Midland, TX
- Destination
- SJJ · San Angelo, TX
- Airport
- SJT · San Angelo
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,089 total · 25 in this make and model · 3,939 as pilot in command · 240 in the last 90 days · 83 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- 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.