# NTSB SEA92LA080: Cessna 150J, N60754, Sunriver, OR, April 21, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 21, 1992, 12:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Sunriver, OR
- Coordinates: 43.979385, -121.270393 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9794&lon=-121.2704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41659
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA92LA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41659/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA080

## Probable cause

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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (contributing factor)
  - fuel consumption calculations - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - tree(s)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N60754](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60754-2017-09-18), registration cancelled 2017-09-18, S/N 15070549, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070549
- Airframe hours: 8998
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920421015379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920421015379A), Apr 21, 1992: Cessna 150J, Bend, OR, Substantial damage. Engine quit on approach to destination. Crash landed in trees. No usable fuel in aircraft.

## Other investigations on N60754 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA83LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA169), Aug 7, 1983: Cessna 150J (N60754), Grants Pass, OR, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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