- Date
- March 18, 1985, 20:17 local (Mar 19, 1985, 02:17 UTC)
- Place
- Rolla, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N714FTCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850318015749A
- Case key
- 33923
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Fuel consumption calculations - inaccurateCause
Inadequate trainingFactor
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Terrain condition - none suitable
Light condition - night
Analysis
Due to the student plts miscalculation of the acft's rate of fuel consumption the acft ran out of fuel aprx 2 miles from the Rolla downtown arpt. The acft sustained substantial damage upon colliding with trees during the night forced landing. This was the plts first solo x-country flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714FT
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079148
- Airframe hours
- 4,200
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dickman Aviation Services, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1984 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- MDH · Carbondale, IL
- Destination
- K07 · Rolla, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 26 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VIH, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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