- Date
- April 24, 1986, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60126Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860424014049A
- Case key
- 25134
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was flying a round-robin flight from cottonwood, AZ to page, AZ, and return. The pilot had landed at page, AZ. While on the return leg of the flight the pilot noted his fuel gauges were 'low' and diverted to Flagstaff, AZ. When the acft was northeast of Flagstaff airport the aircraft sustained a total loss of power. While negotiating an emergency landing to a road the pilot observed unmarked powerlines that crossed the road and when he attempted to 'pull up over the powerlines' the acft stalled and subsequently collided with the ground. The post accident examination of the wreckage disclosed no evidence of any fuel. The exact acft flight time could not be determined. Fuel consumption calculations based on the pilot's stated route of flight and takeoff and landing disclosed the acft should have consumed 20.8 gallons of fuel. The acft has 22.5 gallons of useable fuel. The calculations assume optimum weather conditions and pilot techniques.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60126
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070089
- Airframe hours
- 4,194
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lloyd C. Hawken
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1985
- Departed
- PGA · Page, AZ
- Destination
- P52 · Cottonwood, AZ
- Airport
- FLG · Pulliam
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
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 200 in this make and model · 170 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 16 knots, gusting 31
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLG, 1 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.