- Date
- September 16, 1986, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ashburnham, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6344SCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860916045319A
- Case key
- 30422
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel consumption calculations - inaccurateCause
Improper use of equipment/aircraft
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with terrain/water
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
While crusing at an altitude of about 3500 feet, the flight suffered fuel exhaustion and lost engine power causing the pilot to execute a forced landing in a field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6344S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067144
- Airframe hours
- 3,385
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Duane Cromwell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 27, 1986
- Departed
- Kingston, NY
- Destination
- Nashua, NH
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 300 in this make and model · 270 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.