- Date
- April 22, 1993, 14:21 local (21:21 UTC)
- Place
- Pendleton, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3163XCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930422009849A
- Case key
- 43015
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion due to the pilot's failure to refuel. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's becoming lost/disoriented and soft terrain.
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 student pilot departed his origination airport and after flying approximately 2 hours landed at his first intermediate stop. The aircraft was not refueled. During the second leg the pilot became geographically disoriented and after approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes flying time, and while on a 2 mile final to his destination, a total power loss occurred. The pilot executed a forced landing to a soft field during which the nose gear separated on rollout and the aircraft nosed over. FAA on site inspection revealed minimal gas in the aircraft's fuel system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3163X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064563
- Airframe hours
- 4,253
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hood River Aircraft, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Hood River Aircraft, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 7, 1992 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- RDM · Redmond, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PDT · Pendleton Municipal
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 51 total · 51 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDT, 2 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.