- Date
- December 12, 1988, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenwich, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6538GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881212054039A
- Case key
- 36351
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Probable cause
Trees during an off airport landing after the aircraft expererienced a power loss fue to fuel starvation.
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 aircraft was on a traffic watch flight when it experienced a power loss due to fuel exhaustion. An off airport landing was made on a golf course and the aircraft struck trees. Post-crash examination failed to find any evidence of fuel leakage. Documents submitted showed the aircraft had been refueled; however, there was no verification that the aircraft had been topped prior to departure. The FAA reported that the fuel gauges indicated empty and the pilot had indicated that the fuel gauges started to drop sooner than expected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6538G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072038
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Brooksfield Aviation
- Registered owner
- Ronald G Denison
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- BDR · Stratford, CT
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 285 total · 48 in this make and model · 232 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.