- Date
- May 11, 1991, 11:08 local (15:08 UTC)
- Place
- Lantana, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N20PCCessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910511015309A
- Case key
- 32867
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to perform fuel consumption calculations which resulted in fuel exhaustion due to an inadequate fuel supply. Also, inadvertent stall/mush by the pilot during the forced landing. Contributing to the accident was an incorrect fuel gauge.
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
While returning to the departure arpt on the second leg of a cross-country flt, the eng quit due to fuel exhaustion. The plt attempted to land in a field but was high. While attempting to clear power lines that were ahead, the acft stalled & collided with an orange tree, then the ground. The plt stated that he did not perform fuel consumption calculations for both flts. He also stated that one of the fuel quantity gauges was inaccurate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20PC
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1507116
- Airframe hours
- 5,520
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Kemper, Joseph C
- Registered owner
- Kemper, Joseph C
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1991 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- PGD · Punta Gorda, 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 76 total · 50 in this make and model · 48 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N20PC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.