- Date
- March 21, 1982, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Delano, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N63335Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820321005079A
- Case key
- 70440
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student made a scheduled stop at lompoc, California, but was unable to obtain 80 octane fuel. He then flew to santa maria, California, which was not a part of his planned flight. He was also unable to get 80 octane fuel at santa maria. From there, he proceeded to porterville, California. While en route, the engine lost power from fuel exhaustion. During a forced landing in a soft plowed field, the plane nosed over. The student had been advised in ground school to use only 80 octane fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63335
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 77244
- Airframe hours
- 4,522
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Rose Aviation
- Registered owner
- Rose Aviation
- Departed
- PTV · Santa Maria, CA
- Destination
- SMX · Porterville, CA
- 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
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 45 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 151 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 18 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.