- Date
- January 11, 1986, 14:26 local (22:26 UTC)
- Place
- Gig Harbor, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6989GCessna 150-L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40342
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 - exhaustionCause
In-flight planning/decision - inaccurateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - uphillFactor
Stall - inadvertentCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - none suitableFactor
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/unevenFactor
Gear collapsed
Analysis
A total loss of power occurred due to fuel exhaustion while in an extended traffic pattern due to landing traffic. An inadvertent stall occurred prior to touchdown. The left wing struck a pile of dirt which spun the aircraft around. The landing was accomplished uphill.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6989G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150-L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072489
- Airframe hours
- 5,133
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wallace Fredrick Winge
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 21, 1985 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- TIW · Tacoma, WA
- Destination
- TIW · Tacoma, WA
- Airport
- TIW · Tacoma Narrows, runway 35, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 687 total · 168 in this make and model · 642 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TIW, 1 nm away