- Date
- January 25, 1988, 17:36 local (Jan 26, 1988, 01:36 UTC)
- Place
- Redbluff, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7929ECessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880125001379A
- Case key
- 25943
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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
During a cross country flt, the engine experienced a complete pwr loss. The plt made a forced landing where the acft collided with the terrain 1 mile short of the rwy. Inspection of the acft revealed that the fuel tanks were near empty. There were no reported mechanical failures or malfunctions with the acft prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7929E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17729
- Airframe hours
- 3,980
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sheridan Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Sheridan Flying Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 4, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- Mcminnville, OR
- Destination
- CIC · Chico, CA
- Airport
- RBL · Redbluff
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 320 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDD, 20 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.