# NTSB NYC87DHJ01: Cessna 150M, N66256, Farmingdale, NY, October 5, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1986, 14:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Coordinates: 40.729568, -73.440544 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7296&lon=-73.4405&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30444
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87DHJ01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30444/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87DHJ01

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS RETURNING HOME AFTER FLYING FOR APRX 2 1/2 HOURS. THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE HAD STARTED THE FLT WITH FULL FUEL TANKS. THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND THE PLT ATTEMPTED A FORCED LANDING AT AN ARPT. HE WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE RWY AND THE ACFT WAS LANDED IN A CEMETERY. DURING POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE ACFT NO ODOR OF FUEL WAS NOTED NOR WAS ANY FUEL FOUND IN THE FUEL TANKS. THE ENGINE PERFORMED SATISFACTORLY DURING AN TEST RUN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N66256 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075959
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James Gordon Brown
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, November 5, 1985, 71 hours before
- Departed: ISP, ISLIP, NY
- Destination: ISP, ISLIP, NY
- Airport: FRG, Farmingdale Republic, runway 32, 6,827 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,276 total, 1,273 in this make and model, 1,225 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 30° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FRG, 1 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 19861005047919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861005047919A), Oct 5, 1986: Cessna 150M, Farmingdale, NY, Destroyed. The engine failed from fuel exhaustion. The pilot stalled the aircraft during the emergency landing.

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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