- Date
- December 31, 1986, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Yorktown Hgts, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9195UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30576
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
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel consumption calculations - inadequateCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Forced landing
Gear collapsed
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
The acft en route from gaithesburg, Maryland to brookhaven, new york, experienced fuel exhaustion and was forced landed in a rough meadow and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9195U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078146
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Amos D Faux Burhams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- GAI · Gaithersburg, MD
- Destination
- 1N1 · Brookhaven, NY
N9195URegistration cancelled Mar 18, 2013 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 96 total · 87 in this make and model · 51 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F