- Date
- January 28, 1983, 21:05 local (Jan 29, 1983, 05:05 UTC)
- Place
- Yakima, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22824Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830128002679A
- Case key
- 39655
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionFactor
Fuel consumption calculations - inaccurateCause
Refueling - not performedCause
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Forced landing
On ground/water collision with object
Object - vehicleFactor
Object - tree(s)Factor
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
Aircraft lost power during night cross-country and was landed on a highway. During landing the aircraft collided with a pickup truck a tree and a fence. The aircraft had run out of fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22824
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068544
- Airframe hours
- 2,911
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vista Flight Center
- Registered owner
- Tri-City Auto Center,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 25, 1982 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- BVU · Bellevue, WA
- Destination
- S98 · Kennewick, WA
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 61 total · 45 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YKM, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.