# NTSB MKC85LA023: Cessna 150L, N6584G, Joplin, MO, November 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 20, 1984, 16:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place: Joplin, MO
- Coordinates: 37.080997, -94.500167 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0810&lon=-94.5002&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33890
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33890/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA023

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, descent - normal
  - fluid,fuel grade - incorrect (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Overrun, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - open field (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)

## Analysis

PLT DEPARTED WITH ESTIMATED 16 GALS OF FUEL ON BOARD FOR BRIEF FLIGHT. APPROACHING ARPT FOR LANDING, ENGINE LOST POWER. PLT SET UP FOR FORCED LNDG IN OPEN FIELD. ACFT OVERRAN AVAILABLE OPEN SPACE AND COLLIDED WITH BRUSH. PLT STATED ACFT HAD BEEN MODIFIED FOR USE OF AUTOMOTIVE FUEL BUT IN RECENT MONTHS HAD BEEN USING AVIATION GRADE EXCLUSIVELY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED 5 GALS AUTOMOTIVE FUEL REMAINING IN TANKS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6584G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6584G-2020-09-04), registration cancelled 2020-09-04, S/N 15072084, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15072084
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: William E. Jarvis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 26, 1984, 7 hours before
- Airport: JLN, Joplin Muni, runway 4, 3,604 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 69 total, 51 in this make and model, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: JLN

## 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 19841120063489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841120063489A), Nov 20, 1984: Cessna 150L, Joplin, MO, Substantial damage. Ran out of usable fuel nearing airport. Unable to make runway overran open field into trees on the forced landing.

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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