# NTSB SEA93LA100: Cessna 150G, N3163X, Pendleton, OR, April 22, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 22, 1993, 14:21 local (21:21 UTC)
- Place: Pendleton, OR
- Coordinates: 45.729389, -118.790878 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7294&lon=-118.7909&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report February 10, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 43015
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA93LA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/43015/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA100

## 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

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 (cause)
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3163X-2018-01-17), registration cancelled 2018-01-17, S/N 15064563, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15064563
- Airframe hours: 4253
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930422009849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930422009849A), Apr 22, 1993: Cessna 150G, Pendleton, OR, Substantial damage. Off course and unable to use VOR. Received radar vectors but engine quit on final. No usable fuel on board.

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

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