- Date
- September 26, 1987, 18:25 local (Sep 27, 1987, 01:25 UTC)
- Place
- Mount Vernon, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8751SCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870926072499A
- Case key
- 40700
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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 aircraft's engine ceased operating due to fuel exhaustion about five miles short of the destination airport. A field was selected for the landing site. During the landing roll, the aircraft nosed over on freshly plowed terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8751S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062051
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy H.Anderson
- Registered owner
- Roy H Anderson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 20, 1987
- Departed
- S08 · Blakely Island, WA
- Destination
- 0S4 · Mt. Vernon, WA
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
- 78
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,708 total · 568 in this make and model · 1,683 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.