- Date
- May 10, 1992, 14:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Mason, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3009GForney F-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920510013919A
- Case key
- 18490
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in proceeding to a suitable alternate when his fuel state became questionable and his subsequent loss of control during the off airport precautionary landing. A factor was the gusty wind conditions on landing.
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
After receiving a weather briefing which indicated favorable weather, the pilot departed on his cross country flight. En route, the pilot encountered adverse head winds and elected to proceed to his planned alternate to refuel. Upon arrival in the alternate area, the pilot encountered deteriorated weather and could not find the airport. Shortly thereafter, realizing that he was running out of fuel, the pilot elected to land on a highway in gusty winds. During the landing roll, the left wing struck an embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3009G
- Reported as
- Forney F-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5701
- Airframe hours
- 1,055
- Engine
- Continental C90-12F, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tarrer, Ray A.
- Registered owner
- Tarrer, Ray A.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 9, 1992 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- MAF · Midland, TX
- Destination
- NONE · Burnet, TX
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,217 total · 300 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 30 knots, gusting 45
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 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.