- Date
- October 25, 1989, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marana, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N642EZCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891025044629A
- Case key
- 26669
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to properly judge his fuel supply, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
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 flight to the pilot's home he encountered turbulence and headwinds which increased the duration of flight time to over three hours. The pilot reported that all engine power was lost and the fuel gages registered 'empty.' The pilot made a forced landing on a road & collided with cactus.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N642EZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074225
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sunrise Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- SEZ · Sedona, AZ
- Destination
- TUS · Tucson, AZ
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 1 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N642EZ · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.