- Date
- November 5, 1986, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Louisburg, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3507LCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861105058909A
- Case key
- 34320
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor stated that he had observed the student visually check the fuel supply bu that he did not personally inspect the tanks, assuming they were full. According to the pilot, his only confirmation of full tanks was the students repeated statements that there was plenty of fuel, even though the fuel gauges showed almost empty. Thirty minutes into the flight the engine lost power and they landed in an open, terraced field. Inspection of the aircraft revealed no fuel in the tanks, fuel lines, gascolator, or sump drains.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3507L
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062307
- Airframe hours
- 4,558
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robin Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 28, 1986 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- OJC · Olathe, KS
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 530 total · 134 in this make and model · 333 as pilot in command · 90 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GVW, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.