- Date
- April 21, 1992, 12:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Sunriver, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N60754Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920421015379A
- Case key
- 41659
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot did not accurately calculate fuel consumption. A factor to the accident was: fuel exhaustion.
Analysis
At the end of a cross country flight, the engine lost power while descending to the airport. During the emergency descent, the airplane collided with trees. Post crash inspection revealed that the left fuel tank was empty and the right contained less than a gallon and a half of fuel.
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
- N60754
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070549
- Airframe hours
- 8,998
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Marks Enterprises
- Registered owner
- Marks Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- LMT · Klamath Falls, OR
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 510 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDM, 26 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.
Other investigations on N60754 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.