- Date
- August 11, 1984, 09:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22971Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840811039869A
- Case key
- 24368
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During acft pre-flight, plt checked fuel quantity by reference to gages only. Both gages indicated full. After 1 hr and 10 min flt, complete pwr loss occurred. Plt stated gages still indicated full. Forced landing on open field executed but plt flared high, the acft stalled and impacted the terrain nose low. Post-accident inspection revealed 1 gal of fuel remaining in each tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22971
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068652
- Airframe hours
- 4,017
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wanda And Marvin Odom
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1983 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- 051 · Lincoln, CA
- Destination
- Q62 · Grass Valley, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
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