# NTSB LAX84LA133: Cessna 150, N8300G, Sedona, AZ, January 4, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 4, 1984, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Sedona, AZ
- Coordinates: 34.93943, -111.940475 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9394&lon=-111.9405&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24138
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA133
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24138/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA133

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - performance data - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - wind information - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RWY DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE PLT SAID THE ACFT RAN OUT OF FUEL ABOUT 1 MILE FROM THE ARPT AT 6200 FT MSL. HE SAID HE MISCALCULATED THE FUEL CONSUMPTION DUE TO HEAD WINDS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8300G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8300G-1984-08-29), registration cancelled 1984-08-29, S/N 15062400 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 62400
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Miles Sheridan
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 16, 1983, 32 hours before
- Departed: P06, BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
- Destination: SEZ, SEDONA, AZ

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 4,400 total, 7 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 45° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 50 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840104000249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840104000249A), Jan 4, 1984: Cessna 150F, Sedona, AZ, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel 1 mile short of the runway on returning from a cross country round robin flight.

## Other investigations on N8300G (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC69D0407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69D0407), Mar 1, 1969: Cessna 150 (N8300G), Kansas City, MO, substantial damage

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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