# NTSB LAX85LA072: Cessna 150F, N7967F, Glendale, AZ, December 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 14, 1984, 17:15 local (Dec 15, 1984, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Coordinates: 33.530345, -112.179145 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5303&lon=-112.1791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24610
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA072
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24610/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA072

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - fuel system,vent - previous damage (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - siphoning (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7967F-2013-07-08), registration cancelled 2013-07-08, S/N 15064067, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1506467
- Airframe hours: 3319
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841214066989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841214066989A), Dec 14, 1984: Cessna 150F, Glendale, AZ, Substantial damage. Engine quit on approach. Fuel had been siphoning from fuel tank vent. Vent had been cut off, fuel stain on wing.

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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