- Date
- June 11, 1987, 12:07 local (19:07 UTC)
- Place
- Porterville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23280Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 25609
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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
A Cessna 150H collided with terrain after a loss of power. The pilot stated his tanks were indicating 1/4 when the engine quit. He further stated that he 'misjudged landing speed and elevation' and when he turned to avoid power lines, the aircraft stalled. The pilot also indicated that his spouse had passed away two months prior and that he was under a great deal of stress. The pilot stated, ' my judgement capabilities were simply not with me 100% that day.' The aircraft was examined by the county sheriff and it was discovered that there was no fuel present in the fuel tanks. According to the pilot the aircraft fuel tanks were filled the night prior to the accident flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23280
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8845
- Airframe hours
- 4,634
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles H. Partee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1987 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- SVE · Susanville, CA
- Destination
- LBG · Long Beach, CA
- Airport
- PTV · Porterville
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 181 total · 160 in this make and model · 160 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFL, 42 nm away