- Date
- September 17, 1982, 12:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Carrizo, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N45540Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820917047379A
- Case key
- 70139
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on his "long" cross-country flight. He reported that the first leg of the flight was from libby air field, AZ to silver city, NM with an en route time of about 1.3 hrs. On the next leg of the flight to globe, AZ, he became disoriented and could not pin-point his location on his map. He contacted the phoenix fss and climbed to 9000 ft while remaining on a heading of 290 deg. Subseequently, the aircraft ran out of fuel and the pilot made a forced landing short of a dirt strip near Carrizo, AZ after flying about 2 hrs. Reportedly, the strip was overgrown with brush and had trees nearby. Carrizo is located about 38 NM north of the destination airport. The pilot did not refuel the aircraft before starting the second leg of the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45540
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076965
- Airframe hours
- 1,740
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Fort Huachuca Aviation Club
- Registered owner
- James William Nye
- Departed
- SVC · Silver City, MN
- Destination
- P13 · Globe, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 36 in this make and model · 16 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N45540 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.