- Date
- March 15, 1988, 15:39 local (23:39 UTC)
- Place
- Lodi, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N714FJCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880315005379A
- Case key
- 25965
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On the day of the accident, the pilot departed lancaster, California, flew to fresno to pick up a passenger and then continued on to Lodi, the ultimate destination. While being vectored toward the airport at Lodi, the engine quit and the aircraft collided with grape vines during the subsequent forced landing. FAA inspectors reported that the fuel tanks were empty and that the fuel system continuity was intact. The pilot said that he departed lancaster with full fuel tanks. At fresno, the pilot only looked visually in the tanks and reported that he saw 'about half full' tanks, which matched what the fuel gages indicated. The pilot did not use a measuring device during the fuel level check at fresno. The hobbs meter log revealed that the pilot flew the aircraft 3.5 elapsed hours from lancaster to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714FJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079140
- Airframe hours
- 4,061
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Drew, James D.
- Registered owner
- O'Hare, Patrick M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1988 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- Q60 · Fresno, CA
- Destination
- 1O3
- Airport
- 103 · Lodi, runway 8, 3,090 × 24 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 22 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SCK, 14 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.