- Date
- February 16, 1990, 16:40 local (Feb 17, 1990, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Inyokern, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9843JCessna A150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900216002449A
- Case key
- 26738
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to refuel which led to 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
The 22-hour student pilot experienced fuel exhaustion on final approach to his destination airport during the last leg of his second supervised solo crosscountry flight. The aircraft landed hard and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9843J
- Reported as
- Cessna A150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500652
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Floyd A. Kinder
- Departed
- L61 · Shoshone, CA
- Airport
- IYK · Inyokern, runway 20, 6,275 × 75 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.