- Date
- February 11, 1989, 11:24 local (17:24 UTC)
- Place
- Wayland, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N61064Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890211002499A
- Case key
- 34750
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Probable cause
The pilot becoming lost during the flight which resulted in fuel exhaustion.
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
The pvt pilot said that he intended to fly due north about 65 mles to purchase acft fuel. After about two hours flight time he was able to identify his position by circling a municipal water tower. He was aware of his dwindling fuel suppply and had picked out a farm field to land on, when the engine failed. During the emergency descent, he clipped some trees, then collided with the terrain. The accident occurred about 100 miles northwest of his original intended destination apt. After the accident the plt left the scene of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61064
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070775
- Airframe hours
- 3,030
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mcintyre, John S.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1988 · 105 hours before
- Departed
- 1HO · Creve Coeur, MO
- Destination
- IJX · Jacksonville, IL
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,774 total · 1,725 in this make and model · 1,688 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UIN, 30 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.