- Date
- November 2, 1982, 18:50 local (Nov 3, 1982, 02:50 UTC)
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7280XCessna 150B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71485
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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
According to the pilot, the aircraft departed on a cross-country flight with partially filled fuel tanks. Enroute, over the santa monica mountains the engine quit from fuel exhaustion. After hitting a highway sign during the approach, the aircraft landed on top of an automobile on the san diego freeway. The aircraft had been in the air approximately two hours and twenty minutes prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7280X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15059380
- Airframe hours
- 4,111
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William H. Furrow
- Registered owner
- William H. Furrow
- Departed
- C · Watsonville, CA
- Destination
- C · Santa Monica, CA
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,185 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 200° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 46 °F