# NTSB MIA85LA220: Cessna 150F, N8665G, Apalachicola, FL, July 26, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 26, 1985, 15:55 local (19:55 UTC)
- Place: Apalachicola, FL
- Coordinates: 29.720008, -84.990577 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7200&lon=-84.9906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31432
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA220
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31432/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA220

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15062765
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850726037979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850726037979A), Jul 26, 1985: Cessna 150F, Apalachicola, FL, Substantial damage. Fuel exhaustion on final. Aircraft flipped over onto its back after landing in a swamp.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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