- Date
- July 31, 1991, 11:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- Hillsboro, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9190UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910731030869A
- Case key
- 41503
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to refuel resulting in fuel exhaustion.
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 engine quit while the acft was on VFR final appr for ldg, and the acft impacted terrain during the ensuing forced ldg. Exam of the wreckage revealed exhaustion of the usable fuel supply.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9190U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078141
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Galvin Flying Svc
- Registered owner
- Galvin Flying Svc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- BFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- HIO · Hillsboro, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HIO · Hillsboro
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 20 in this make and model · 59 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HIO, 1 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.