# NTSB NYC87LA055: Cessna 150, N9195U, Yorktown Hgts, NY, December 31, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 31, 1986, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: Yorktown Hgts, NY
- Coordinates: 41.270378, -73.779273 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2704&lon=-73.7793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30576
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30576/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA055

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9195U-2013-03-18), registration cancelled 2013-03-18, S/N 15078146, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078146
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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

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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