- Date
- June 27, 1982, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Shapleigh, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11457Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820627039499A
- Case key
- 72603
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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.
Analysis
The pilot departed on a cross-country flight from jackman, ME to rochester, NH and return. Prior to takeoff, the fuel tanks were topped off. During the preflight, the left fuel gauge was found to be "pinned" at the full position and was inoperative. After landing at rochester, the pilot took off on the return flight without refueling. At that time, he noted that the operating (right) fuel gauge was indicating at least half full. While en route in the vicinity of sebago lake, the pilot noticed that the remaining gauge was quickly becoming low. He changed course to land at sanford, ME. Before reaching sanford, the engine lost power from fuel exhaustion after about 3.7 hrs of flight time. The pilot attempted to land in a small field with trees and wires at the near end, but was unable. He then aimed the aircraft between rows of trees. Subsequently, the wings collided with tree trunks at about 18 ft AGL. The pilot stated he figured the fuel consumption would be 4 to 4.3 gal/hr. The actual consumption was about 6 gal/hr.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11457
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075436
- Airframe hours
- 4,101
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- University Of N.H. Flying Club
- Registered owner
- University Of N.H. Flying Club
- Departed
- Rochester, NH
- Destination
- Jackman, ME
- Airport
- 59B · Jackman
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 112 total · 87 in this make and model · 71 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.