- Date
- June 12, 1992, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6972GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920612020009A
- Case key
- 27645
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow v.f.r. procedures; inadequate preflight planning/preperation; and improper fuel consumption calculations 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
When returning from a round-robin flight the pilot reported to air traffic control that the engine quit. The airplane crashed about 25 miles short of the destination airport and the pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The ambient temperature was about 27 degrees above standard. Examination of the wreckage disclosed that the airplane contained less than the unusable amount of fuel. Fuel calculations determined that the airplane should have been able to negotiate the flight with about 1.3 gallons of fuel remaining, short of the required fuel reserves. These calculations were based on the pilot's statement regarding the sequence of events and that his climb performance and fuel leaning procedures were proper.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6972G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 213352
- Airframe hours
- 3,887
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Double Eagle Aviation
- Registered owner
- Gregory, George T. Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 8, 1992 · 91 hours before
- Departed
- SJN · St. Johns, 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 237 total · 8 in this make and model · 162 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUS, 3 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.
Other investigations on N6972G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.