# NTSB LAX86LA191: Cessna 150J, N60126, Flagstaff, AZ, April 24, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 24, 1986, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Flagstaff, AZ
- Coordinates: 35.229022, -111.7191 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2290&lon=-111.7191&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25134
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX86LA191
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25134/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LA191

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Loss of control - in flight, descent - emergency
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - pull-up - attempted, pilot in command
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60126-1989-08-15), registration cancelled 1989-08-15, S/N 15070089 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070089
- Airframe hours: 4194
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 69; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860424014049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860424014049A), Apr 24, 1986: Cessna 150J, Flagstaff, AZ, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel enroute. Stalled trying to avoid wires while landing on a road. Impacted on the highway.

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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