- Date
- June 7, 1983, 07:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- Yakima, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22670Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830607023519A
- Case key
- 39706
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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 acft nosed over during an off airport forced landing. The student pilot had checked with her father and flight instructor for her cross-country flight. Her father supplied information on the fuel supply and the student and instructor used this information for flight planning. About 6 miles from destination the acft engine quit from fuel exhaustion and the student landed in a pasture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22670
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068438
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul L. Cole
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- S95
- 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 56 total · 56 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 97 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- YKM, 270 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.