- Date
- August 6, 1987, 11:43 local (18:43 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51358Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870806045399A
- Case key
- 40530
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Analysis
The student plt planned a x-country flt for 3.6 hrs. After 3.9 hrs of flt, fuel exhaustion occurred as the acft was apchg the destn arpt. The plt declared an emergency, but was unable to glide to the arpt. Witnesses observed the acft on an apch to a vacant lot when it collided with a power line, then it nosed over & impacted the terrain in a nr vertical attitude. Aprx 6 qts of fuel was drained fm the fuel system. The acft had a fuel capacity of 26 gal, of which, 22.5 gal was usable. According to the flt manual, the acft had a cruise endurance of 4.1 hrs at 75% power with no fuel reserve.
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
- N51358
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069948
- Airframe hours
- 5,670
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Talbot, William B.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 5, 1986 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- U42 · Salt Lake City, UT
- Destination
- LAS · Las Vegas, NV
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LAS · Mccarran
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 79 total · 79 in this make and model · 58 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 99 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAS, 2 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.