# NTSB LAX82DA114: Cessna 150, N63335, Delano, CA, March 21, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 21, 1982, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Delano, CA
- Coordinates: 35.780078, -119.230339 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7801&lon=-119.2303&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70440
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70440/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA114

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63335-1988-09-20), registration cancelled 1988-09-20, S/N 15077244 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 77244
- Airframe hours: 4522
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820321005079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820321005079A), Mar 21, 1982: Cessna 150M, Delano, CA, Destroyed. Student pilot on cross-country unable to obtain 80 oct fuel crashed during emergency landing due to fuel exhaustion

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.

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