- Date
- April 7, 1991, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Walkill, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3566JCessna 150E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910407009069A
- Case key
- 36906
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Probable cause
An inflight collision with terrain during an uncontrolled descent after the pilot parachuted from the airplane. Contributing to the accident were fuel exhaustion and the pilot's disregard for emergency procedures.
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 pilot was completing a cross-country trip when he lost engine power on final approach. According to the FAA, he turned the airplane away from the airport and parachuted from the aircraft at 'approximately 560 feet AGL. The parachute opened just prior to ground contact, and the airplane crashed in the backyard of a residence.' The pilot stated to the FAA that he thought he had run out of fuel. The FAA also found that, 'the airplane had received damage to its wings while taxiing one day prior to the accident.' The pilot 'had apparently conducted his own repairs to the right wing' that was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3566J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061266
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joshua Wallace
- Registered owner
- Joshua Wallace
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1990
- Departed
- EZF · Fredericksburg, VA
- Airport
- 10N · Kobelt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 130 total · 129 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.