- Date
- August 15, 1989, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Pierce, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N60847Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890815029889A
- Case key
- 32480
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate supply of fuel. The terrain (rough/uneven) in the emergency landing area was a related factor.
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 plt was rtrng from a x-country flt, when he advised tower psnl that he 'just ran out of fuel & will be landing just short of the ruway.' Rprtdly, there was an agricultural grove in that area. The plt rprtd that he landed in a drainage 'canal' to avoid a 'hut in the grove.' Subsequently, the acft nosed over during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60847
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070616
- Airframe hours
- 4,374
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aeronauctical Academy, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 6, 1989 · 94 hours before
- Departed
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
- Destination
- FPR
- Airport
- FPR · St Lucie County, runway 9, 5,000 × 200 ft, asphalt
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,149 total · 500 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FPR
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.