- Date
- December 13, 1991, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Hollywood, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3767VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911213056269A
- Case key
- 33044
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Probable cause
Total loss of engine power during the initial climb due to fuel starvation as a result of the pilot's failure to perform an adequate preflight to determine the quantity of fuel on board.
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
During a go-around the eng quit due to fuel starvation. During the forced landing on the arpt property, the acft collided with a fence & came to rest. The acft had been flown 4.0 hrs since refueling. The fuel tanks were drained which revealed slightly more than the unusable quantity of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3767V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076613
- Airframe hours
- 5,673
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Airpark Aviation
- Registered owner
- Airpark Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 28, 1991 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- SUA · Stuart, FL
- Airport
- HWO · North Perry, runway 9, 3,000 × 100 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 132 total · 78 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.