- Date
- August 20, 1985, 20:18 local (Aug 21, 1985, 03:18 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6900SCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850820039629A
- Case key
- 24809
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated he was on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern when the engine quit. He was unable to glide to the runway and landed in a construction area where the aircraft collided with a dirt pile and flipped over. He further stated that he had flown a total of 3:40 when the engine quit. Recovery personnel found no fuel in the left fuel tank and approximately 2 1.2 gallons from the right fuel tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6900S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067600
- Airframe hours
- 4,438
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frank D. Rabourn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- RBL · Red Bluff, CA
- Destination
- RHV
- Airport
- RHV · Reid Hillview, runway 21R, 3,101 × 75 ft, dirt
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 146 total · 135 in this make and model · 92 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RHV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.