- Date
- April 20, 1986, 15:44 local (23:44 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N66459Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860420013119A
- Case key
- 25128
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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.
Analysis
The plt reported that he intended to fly to Lancaster to refuel. After being airborne for about 44 minutes & while entering the traffic pattern, the acft's engine exhausted its usable fuel. The plt attempted to glide to the rwy, but had insufficient altitude. The acft touched down in a dirt area adjacent to the rwy, & during rollout it collided with an embankment & nosed over. The passenger stated that when engine power was lost one fuel gage registered 1/4 full, & the other gage registered slightly less.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66459
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076063
- Airframe hours
- 6,053
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Patroline, Inc., doing business as Executive Air Center
- Registered owner
- Patrol Line Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 1, 1985 · 95 hours before
- Departed
- Barstow, CA
- Destination
- WJF · Lancaster, CA
- Airport
- WJF · Fox Airfield, runway 24, 5,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 122 total · 80 in this make and model · 11 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- WJF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.