- Date
- September 14, 1984, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Baker, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9177UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840914049259A
- Case key
- 24399
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was damaged in a forced landing after the engine quit. The acft made a stop during its x-country and fuel was added which did not fill the tanks. During the next days flt the plt noticed the fule gages indicated almost empty and headed for the arpt at Baker, CA. Three miles from Baker the engine sputtered and died. After the landing the acft was nosed over but little fuel spillage was evident. Total fuel found on the acft was about one pint.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9177U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 78128
- Airframe hours
- 1,799
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas C. & Christina Maloney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1984 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- L09 · Death Valley, CA
- Destination
- 002 · Baker, CA
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 952 total · 18 in this make and model · 867 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAG, 43 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.