# NTSB LAX84LA325: Cessna 150M, N9421U, Alameda, CA, May 29, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 29, 1984, 16:53 local (23:53 UTC)
- Place: Alameda, CA
- Coordinates: 37.769207, -122.270942 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7692&lon=-122.2709&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24290
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA325
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24290/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA325

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - anxiety/apprehension, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel supply - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
  - emergency procedure - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A ROUND-ROBIN FLT WITH AN EN ROUTE STOP AT RED BLUFF, CA. HE CONTINUED TO STATE THAT 'IN THE EXCITEMENT OF DE-BRIEFING' AFTER LANDING AT RED BLUFF, THE ACFT WAS NOT REFUELED. TE PLT DEPARTED AND DID NOT REALIZE HIS LOW FUEL SITUATION UNTIL HE ARRIVED IN THE VICINITY OF ALAMEDA, CA, (INTENDED DESTINATION). THE PLT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH THE TOWER AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE ENG QUIT. THE PLT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING APRX 2 MILES FROM THE ARPT AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9421U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9421U-1993-08-17), registration cancelled 1993-08-17, S/N 15078369 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078369
- Airframe hours: 4004
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Brian Byrne
- Registered owner: Gordon D. Mcbride
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, December 15, 1983, 101 hours before
- Departed: RBL, RED BLUFF, CA
- Destination: NGZ, NAS ALAMEDA, CA
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: NGZ, Nas Alameda

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 16 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: 280° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: NGZ

## 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 19840529024009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840529024009A), May 29, 1984: Cessna 150M, Alameda, CA, Substantial damage. Solo student ran out of fuel on final. Landed in shipyard. Had been told to refuel at crosscountry en route strip.

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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