- Date
- March 12, 1984, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ocala, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704WZCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31094
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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
While on a flt to lakeland, FL, the plt elected to divert to Ocala, FL, when his fuel gages indicated that each fuel tank was about 1/4 full. However, before landing, the eng lost power. The plt selected an open field for an emergency landing, but stated he 'was apparently unable to clear the trees on approach.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704WZ
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078944
- Airframe hours
- 43,925
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Scott Siegelman
- Registered owner
- Snyder Construction Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 12, 1983
- Departed
- PDK · Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- OCF · Ocala, FL
- 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 593 total · 348 in this make and model · 277 as pilot in command · 227 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 21 nm away