- Date
- July 8, 1989, 08:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Woodland, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6352GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890708021039A
- Case key
- 26446
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor judgement in not assuring an adequate fuel supply was on board for the flight.
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
The student pilot and his daughter were uninjured when the Cessna 150 that he was flying ran out of gas and made a forced landing in a barley field. The airplane struck a fence during the landing roll and nosed over, sustaining substantial damage. The plt did not file an acc report.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6352G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071852
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Adan, Earl
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 041 · Woodland Watts, CA
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 52 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SAC, 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.