- Date
- April 17, 1990, 19:00 local (Apr 18, 1990, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Salina, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N714EBCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900417009579A
- Case key
- 34962
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion, fuel calculations misjudged and refueling not performed by the pilot in command.
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
After shooting instrument approaches in several locations, under VFR conditions, the pvt plt said that during the second practice approach, the engine failed. An emergency landing was attempted in a wheat field which resulted in substantial damage to the acft. Post accident investigation revealed no mechanical malfunctions, however the fuel tanks were empty of usable fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714EB
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079110
- Airframe hours
- 5,435
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hesston College
- Registered owner
- Hesston College
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 20, 1990 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- HYS · Hayes, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SLN · Salina, runway 17, 13,337 × 200 ft, dirt
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 135 total · 53 in this make and model · 71 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLN, 3 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.