- Date
- October 30, 1985, 13:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- San Andreas, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22264Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851030054479A
- Case key
- 25009
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft nosed over during a forced landing in a fld aprx 2 miles west of calaveras county arpt. The post-accident wreckage examination disclosed no evidence of fuel in the fuel tanks. The student plt stated that he was on the final leg of a solo x-country flt to columbia arpt, columbia, CA. During the round-robin flt the student had landed at 3 arptsprior to the accident. The plt had not refueled at any of the stops. The acft had flown for about 4.1 hrs prior to fuel exhaustion. The calculated fuel consumption rate for the accident flt was aprx 5.5 gph.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22264
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068177
- Airframe hours
- 5,572
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edwin J. Mathews
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 7, 1985 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- OQ7 · Rancho Murieta, CA
- Destination
- 022 · Columbia, 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 78 in this make and model · 31 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.