- Date
- March 2, 1983, 18:55 local (22:55 UTC)
- Place
- San Juan, PR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60913Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830302005879A
- Case key
- 30853
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was ditched in a lake near San Juan following engine failure due to fuel exhaustion. The pilot had rented the acft for a round trip to st. thomas. The accident occurred on the return flt to San Juan. It was reported that only residual fuel was found in the acft after its recovery from the lake. The operator stated that the acft had been flown 2 hrs and 25 minutes before it was rented again with about 10 gallons of fuel on board. The acft was not refueled beforedeparting San Juan nor was it refueled while in st. thomas. The pilots report shows he flew the acft for 1 hr. And 45 minutes before the engine stopped. This combines with the previous flight for a grand total of 4 hours and 10 minutes since refueling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60913
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070664
- Airframe hours
- 11,081
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Isla Grande Flying School
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 20, 1982 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- STT · St. Thomas
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 98 total · 4 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 50° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJU, 8 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.