- Date
- February 10, 1990, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Palestine, AR
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3049VCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900210001869A
- Case key
- 34931
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, due to an inadequate supply of fuel.
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 plt rprtd that during a x-country flt, the eng lost power. An emergency landing was made in a wheat field, which resulted in a nose over. An exam revealed there was no usable fuel remaining in the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3049V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076369
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- West Memphis Jet Center
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- HBZ · Heber Springs, AR
- Destination
- AWM · West Memphis, AR
- Airport
- NONE
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 40 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MEM, 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.