- Date
- February 10, 1990, 13:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- Bullhead City, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1272QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900210001839A
- Case key
- 26732
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Probable cause
The pilot's miscalculation of the fuel remaining, which caused the engine to quit.
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 on a solo cross country flight ran out of gas 10 miles short of his destination. The pilot departed his last stop with less than 1/4 fuel remaining in the tanks. He believed he had sufficient fuel for the flight and overflew an airstrip when he began having engine problems. The pilot reported strong, gusty headwinds for the flight. There were no mechanical problems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1272Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072572
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Braun Aviation
- Departed
- P20 · Parker, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 34 total · 31 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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.