# NTSB FTW93LA129: Cessna 150K, N6099G, Houston, TX, April 13, 1993 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: April 12, 1993, 21:00 local (Apr 13, 1993, 02:00 UTC) - Place: Houston, TX - Coordinates: 29.650938, -95.279472 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6509&lon=-95.2795&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 2 minor - Status: Completed, report November 3, 1993 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 18728 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW93LA129 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18728/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA129 ## Probable cause FUEL EXHAUSTION INDUCED POWER LOSS AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO REFUEL. A FACTOR WAS THE EXISTING NIGHT CONDITIONS ## 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 - final approach - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause) - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - Forced landing, descent - emergency - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - light condition - night (contributing factor) - Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown ## Analysis THE PRIVATE PILOT HAD FLOWN APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS AND FORTY FIVE MINUTES AND WHEN CLEARED FOR LANDING AT HIS DESTINATION, HE REPORTED TO THE CONTROL TOWER THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. HE THEN REPORTED THE ENGINE HAD QUIT AND HE DID NOT THINK HE COULD MAKE THE RUNWAY FROM HIS CURRENT ALTITUDE OF 1,800 FEET MSL. THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD APPROXIMATELY 1,331 FEET FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 17. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED UPON IMPACT AND THE AIRPLANE TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 17 FEET WHERE IT NOSED OVER ONTO ITS BACK. NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE FUEL TANKS AND NO LEAKAGE WAS REPORTED BY AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING PERSONNEL. THE CARBURETOR'S VENTURI WAS FOUND TO BE DIRTY ## Factual narrative On April 12, 1993, at approximately 2100 central daylight time, a Cessna 150K, N6099G, was substantially damaged during a forced landing approximately 1,331 feet short of runway 17 at William P. Hobby Airport, Houston, Texas. The private pilot and a pilot rated passenger received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight. The flight departed Grand Prairie Airport, Grand Prairie, Texas, at approximately 1815. The flight to the Houston area was uneventful, according to the pilot. The tower tape was reviewed by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector who stated that the pilot reported his airplane running out of gas while on final approach to the runway at approximately 1,800 feet mean sea level. He then radioed that the airplane was out of gas and his engine had quit. His last transmission was that he did not think he was going to make the runway. The following information was reported by the FAA assigned inspector. The airplane was inspected by the FAA and no mechanical anomalies were noted. No fuel was in the tanks and according to aircraft rescue and fire fighter personnel at the accident site, there was no fuel leakage and no stained grass surrounding the airplane. The fuel selector switch was on the both position. One propeller blade was found bent back under the bottom of the engine. The other blade was bent back as well. Neither displayed torsional rotation signatures. The propeller spinner was found crushed on one side. The engine's crankshaft was bent. The engine and cowling were partially separated from the bottom of the firewall. The airplane nosed over approximately 16.9 feet from initial impact. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6099G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6099G-2015-05-11), registration cancelled 2015-05-11, S/N 15071599, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K - Registry model: [Cessna 150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (registry code 2071822) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15071599 - Airframe hours: 3422 - Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Senter, Jossete - Registered owner: O'Connor, Mark - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, January 2, 2000, 30 hours before - Departed: F67, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX - Airport: HOU, William P. Hobby, runway 17, 6,000 × 150 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 233 total, 69 in this make and model, 196 as pilot in command, 112 in the last 90 days, 34 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright - Wind: 150° at 10 knots - Visibility: 15 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 64 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: HOU, 1 nm away ## 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 19930412009079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930412009079A), Apr 12, 1993: Cessna 150K, Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on final. Nosed over short of runway. ## Other investigations on N6099G (1) 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. - [NTSB IAF79FLT04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAF79FLT04), Apr 17, 1979: Cessna 150 (N6099G), Memphis, TN, substantial damage 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.