- Date
- June 18, 1992, 22:15 local (Jun 19, 1992, 02:15 UTC)
- Place
- Huron, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8215SCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920618021169A
- Case key
- 37174
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Probable cause
The student pilot's alcoholic impairment of efficiency and judgement which led to his geographical disorientation and eventual fuel exhaustion and total loss of engine power, and his failure to maintain airspeed during the forced landing resulting in a stall/spin. A factor which contributed to the accident was the dark night.
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 student pilot and passenger were on a local area night flight for about 2 hrs when the pilot became disoriented. While circling at a low altitude the engine lost power. A ground witness stated '... The plane went into a complete spin while falling straight down like a rock ...' Examination of the wreckage revealed very little fuel in the left tank and no fuel in the right tank. When the police and EMS personnel arrived at the accident site they smelled alcohol on both the pilot and passenger. The pilot admitted that he had 8 beers. The results of a blood alcohol test on the pilot was 0.178%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8215S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061815
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas Jones
- Registered owner
- Thomas Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 1900
- Departed
- 14G · Freemont, OH
- Destination
- 14G
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 19 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.