- Date
- July 9, 1990, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sutherlin, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1940ZCessna 150C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900709024839A
- Case key
- 41234
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Probable cause
Loss of engine power was due to fuel exhaustion. Because of inadequate fuel consumption calculations and poor preflight planning and preparation for the flight.
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
During a local pleasure flight, the engine experienced a loss of power and began to sputter. The pilot initiated a forced landing in a field where during the landing roll, the airplane collided with a fence. Inspection of the airplane revealed that one fuel tank was empty and the other one was nearly empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1940Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 150C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15059740
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marney, Donald E.
- Departed
- RBG · Roseburg, OR
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Flight hours
- 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.