- Date
- March 21, 1988, 23:30 local (Mar 22, 1988, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Pensacola, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N22954Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880321008199A
- Case key
- 32151
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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
The 3.8 hr cross country flt was uneventful, but after the flt entered the downwind leg of the traffic pattern for landing, the eng quit due to fuel exhaustion. During the forced landing the acft collided with trees & came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22954
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068641
- Airframe hours
- 5,491
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Randall S. Roelker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1987 · 154 hours before
- Departed
- ISM · Kissimmee, FL
- Destination
- 82J · Pensacola, FL
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
- 23
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,400 total · 1,020 in this make and model · 1,278 as pilot in command · 127 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS, 10 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.