# NTSB FTW92FA107: Cessna 150 II, N67816, Fort Worth, TX, April 9, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 8, 1992, 22:00 local (Apr 9, 1992, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Location: 32.9888° N, 97.3366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from PEROT FLD/FORT WORTH ALLIANCE (AFW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9888&lon=-97.3366&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 18356
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW92FA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18356/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92FA107

## Probable cause

A FUEL EXHAUSTION INDUCED ENGINE POWER LOSS DUE TO THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO REFUEL. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S INADVERTENT DISORIENTATION.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - base leg/base to final
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - wire,transmission
  - object - tree(s)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

DURING A NIGHT VFR SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT THE STUDENT PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED AND LANDED AT AN ALTERNATE ENROUTE AIRPORT. HE SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED WITHOUT REFUELING AND AGAIN BECAME DISORIENTED AND WAS UNABLE TO FIND HIS FINAL DESTINATION AIRPORT. HE FOUND A KNOWN REFERENCE AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO FLY TO HIS DESTINATION WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT TURNED TOWARDS ALLIANCE AIRPORT WHEN TOTAL POWER LOSS OCCURRED. DURING THE FORCED LANDING EMERGENCY DESCENT THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A TRANSMISSION LINE AND A TREE BEFORE AN UNCONTROLLED IMPACT WITH THE TERRAIN. ONE HALF PINT OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL TANKS AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67816](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67816-2013-02-13), registration cancelled 2013-02-13, S/N 15282034, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150 II
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282034
- Airframe hours: 6586
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Hodge, Anthony W.
- Registered owner: Hodge, Anthony W.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 23, 1991, 62 hours before
- Departed: T47, WICHITA FALLS, TX
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: AFW, Fort Worth Alliance, runway 34, 9,600 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19920408009259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920408009259A), Apr 8, 1992: Cessna 152, Ft Worth, TX, Substantial damage. Became lost at night on solo crosscountry. Unable to locate nearby airport. Ran out of fuel. Hit wires and trees.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.