- Date
- December 14, 1984, 17:15 local (Dec 15, 1984, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Glendale, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7967FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841214066989A
- Case key
- 24610
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fuel system,vent - previous damageCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fluid,fuel - siphoningCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Analysis
The acft lost power & nosed over while making an emergency landing in a muddy field. Investigation revealed that fuel was being siphoned from the fuel tank vent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7967F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1506467
- Airframe hours
- 3,319
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 105 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Glen R. Mahana
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 19, 1983 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Quartzite, AZ
- Destination
- DVT · Phoenix, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
N7967FRegistration cancelled Jul 8, 2013 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,392 total · 89 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHX, 85 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.