- Date
- November 6, 1983, 13:33 local (21:33 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N23268Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831106056399A
- Case key
- 24079
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Analysis
The acft was flown from San Jose, CA to an arpt near sutter creek, CA where the plt landed. Before taking off on the return flt, he visually checked the fuel, and according to him, the fuel was within 1/2 inch from the top of the tanks. No fuel was added before departing. During arrival at San Jose, the eng lost power, about 2 1/4 mi from the destination arpt, and would not restart. At that time, the plt noticed that the left fuel gage indicated nearly 1/4 full & the right gage indicated 1/8 full. During a forced landing, the acft hit a berm & was damaged. An exam of the fuel tanks revealed there was less than 3 gal of fuel remaining. The fuel capacity of the plane was 26 gal, of which, 22.5 gal was considered as usable. The acft had flown 4 hrs since it was refueled. According to the owner's manual, the plane's endurance at 4000 ft with 75% power was 4 hrs. Also, the manual stated that this value could vary 10% or more due to variables such as carb metering characteristics, eng & prop condition, & atmospheric conditions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23268
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068836
- Airframe hours
- 5,151
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- California Aviation Services
- Registered owner
- Arnold J. Cochran
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1983 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- 070 · Sutter Creek, CA
- Airport
- RHV · Reid-Hillview
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 136 total · 7 in this make and model · 95 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RHV, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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