- Date
- July 26, 1985, 15:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place
- Apalachicola, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8665GCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850726037979A
- Case key
- 31432
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustion
Judgment - poorFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - poorCause
Fuel consumption calculations - inaccurateCause
Forced landing
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The plt stated that he elected to land at Apalachicola due to wx in the area, but on final apch, the eng started to run rough, then quit. He landed short of the rwy in a swampy area & upon touchdown, the acft flipped over on its back. Exam of the acft after recovery from the swamp revealed that the eng failed due to fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8665G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062765
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis Lindsay
- Registered owner
- Derrell Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GIP · Winter Haven, FL
- Destination
- PNS · Pensacola, FL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 360 in this make and model · 4,845 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PFN, 45 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.