- Date
- May 21, 1984, 15:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Enumclaw, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5601BMorrisey 2150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840521047909A
- Case key
- 39919
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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 plt was on a local test flt to check the flt controls that had just been adjusted. Before taking off, he visually inspected the fuel tanks, but could not see fuel since anything less than 1/2 tank was not visible. He said the fuel gages indicated both tanks were 1/4 full. He took off & flew appx 15 min. When he was turning onto final apch to land, the eng lost power from fuel exhaustion. Subsequently, the gear collapsed during a landing on muddy terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5601B
- Reported as
- Morrisey 2150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- VAC186-82
- Airframe hours
- 55
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A7C, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul E. Petite
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1983 · 19 hours before
- Departed
- WA77 · Enumclaw, WA
- Airport
- WA77 · Enumclaw, runway 25, 1,800 × 35 ft, gravel
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
- 59
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,971 total · 55 in this make and model · 2,893 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.