- Date
- May 28, 1984, 16:44 local (23:44 UTC)
- Place
- Benson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N242EZCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840528018979A
- Case key
- 24286
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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
Student pilot was on a crosscountry when she became lost. Efforts were made to establish her position by contacting air traffic control on the emergency radio frequency. By the time her position was established the aircraft was about out of fuel. The pilot made a forced landing on rolling terrain and collided with several obstructions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N242EZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075566
- Airframe hours
- 3,645
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arizona Airmotive, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 19, 1984 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- YUM · Yuma, AZ
- Destination
- TUS · Tucson, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- P33 · Chochise County
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 46 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days · 12 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 106 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUS, 33 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.