- Date
- July 3, 1988, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- W. Seneca, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N63206Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880703027509A
- Case key
- 36177
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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.
Analysis
The instructor pilot stated that the student pilot conducted the preflight and reported the fuel 'down a little.' The instructor did not visually verify the amount of fuel on board. Investigation revealed that the acft ran out of fuel and was forced to land in a field filled with thick bushes that were 3 to 8 feet tall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63206
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077174
- Airframe hours
- 4,613
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Western N.Y. Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Western New York Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1988 · 4,525 hours before
- Departed
- 3G8 · Batavia, NY
- Destination
- 9G0 · West Seneca, NY
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 763 total · 125 in this make and model · 629 as pilot in command · 91 in the last 90 days · 38 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °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 N63206 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.