# NTSB MIA89FA048: Cessna 150J, N60029, Gainesville, FL, December 7, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 7, 1988, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Coordinates: 29.670288, -82.330444 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6703&lon=-82.3304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32269
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89FA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32269/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA048

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - in-flight briefing service - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total instrument time, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - in-flight planning/decision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PLT OBTAINED WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TOLD THE POSSIBILITY OF IFR CONDITIONS ON ARRIVAL AT DESTINATION EXISTED DUE TO FOG. PLT FAILED TO OBTAIN EN ROUTE WEATHER BRIEFING. NEAR HIS DESTINATION, THE PLT ENCOUNTERED IFR CONDITIONS. PLT EXHAUSTED ALL FUEL AND CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING A FORCED LANDING FOLLOWING ENGINE FAILURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N60029](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60029-1991-08-22), registration cancelled 1991-08-22, S/N 15070016 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070016
- Airframe hours: 1545
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Tri Star Aero Services, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 1, 1988, 12 hours before
- Departed: 2J4, METTER, GA
- Destination: LAL, LAKELAND, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; toxicology performed; flight hours: 77 total, 10 in this make and model, 53 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 4 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 19881207053119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881207053119A), Dec 7, 1988: Cessna 150J, Gainesville, FL, Destroyed. Ran out of fuel, descended through clouds. Hit trees on landing. Operated VFR above clouds. Unauthorized night flight

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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