- Date
- August 27, 1985, 12:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Reading, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2901SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850827041679A
- Case key
- 35955
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a descent for landing, the eng lost power & the plt made a forced landing in a grass field. However, the grass was damp & the plt was unable to stop the acft before it hit a cyclone fence. According to the local township police, the plt stated the acft ran out of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2901S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066801
- Airframe hours
- 2,124
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Irving N. Eisenstein
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1985 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- 22V · Zanesville, OH
- Destination
- PTW · Pottstown, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 137 in this make and model · 65 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2901S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.