- Date
- May 18, 1982, 18:05 local (May 19, 1982, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Chadron, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2259JCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820518022249A
- Case key
- 70179
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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
After flying 1.2 hours with an instructor pilot the student pilot was released for solo flight. The student then flew for .7 hours before running out of fuel. The aircraft nosed over after touching down in a pasture. The instructor pilot stated that the fuel quantity in the tanks had not been visually checked prior to take-off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2259J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065459
- Airframe hours
- 4,736
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Strang Air Inc.
- Registered owner
- Strang Air Inc.
- Departed
- Chadron, NE
- Destination
- Chadron, NE
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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 50 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.