- Date
- January 26, 1984, 18:30 local (Jan 27, 1984, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Burley, ID
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51123Cessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840126001799A
- Case key
- 39867
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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Analysis
The plt stated the engine lost power because of fuel exhaustion. A forced landing was performed in a field during which the acft contacted a ditch. The acft was flown 4.1 hrs since it had last been refueled.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51123
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069780
- Engine
- Continental O-260-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Magic Valley Flyers
- Registered owner
- Vance Sherrill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- U11 · Rexburg, ID
- Destination
- BYI · Burley, ID
- 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BYI, 7 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.