# NTSB NYC83FA072: Cessna 150J, N60619, Oxford, CT, February 26, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1983, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place: Oxford, CT
- Location: 41.4502° N, 73.1258° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from WATERBURY-OXFORD (OXC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4502&lon=-73.1258&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35031
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FA072
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35031/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FA072

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - incorrect (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, landing

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS LAST REFUELED ON 11/28/82 & FLOWN .2 HR TO ON ARPT FOR AN ANNUAL INSPECTION. THE ANNUAL WAS COMPLETED ON 2/19/83. DURING THE ANNUAL, AN ESTIMATED .5 GAL OF FUEL WAS DRAINED FROM THE ACFT & THE ENG WAS RUN ABOUT .2 HR. WHEN THE PLT PREFLTED THE ACFT FOR THE 1ST FLT AFTER THE ANNUAL, HE NOTED THE GAGES INDICATED APRX 3/4 FULL, BUT HE DID NOT VISUALLY CHECK THE FUEL TANKS. HE ESTIMATED 15 GAL OR 2.5 HRS OF FUEL REMAINING. THE TEMP WAS 25 DEG BEFORE STARTINGA .7 HR FLT TO WHITE PLAINS, NY. AT WHITE PLAINS, WHERE THE ACFT SAT IN THE SUN FOR 4 TO 5 HRS, THE TEMP WAS 34 DEG & THERE WERE STRONG WINDS. BEFORE TAKEOFF, THE PLT DRAINED THE FUEL STRAINER, BUT NOT THE WING SUMPS. NO CONTAMINATION WASNOTED. AFTER 1.4 HRS IN FLT, THE ENG LOST POWER ON FINAL APCH AT OXFORD, CT. DURING A FORCED LANDING, THE ACFT HIT TREESJUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD. THE PLT BELIEVED ICE HAD FROZEN IN THE FUEL SYS BEFORE THE ORIGINAL FLT, THEN THAWED AT WHITE PLAINS. ONLY A DROP OF WATER WAS FOUND IN THE CARB & THE FUEL TANKS WERE FOUND EMPTY WITH NO LEAKS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N60619 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070451
- Airframe hours: 2511
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Steven A. Fournier
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, February 19, 1983, 1 hours before
- Departed: HPN, WHITE PLAINS, NY
- Airport: OXC, Waterbury, runway 36, 5,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 15,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 15,500 as pilot in command, 180 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 17 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BDR, 18 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830226005479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830226005479A), Feb 26, 1983: Cessna 150J, Oxford, CT, Substantial damage. Engine quit on final. Crash landed off airport. Found water in fuel. Airplane stored prior 3 months in winter.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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