Cessna 150L N5301Q

Summary

On 14 August 1982 at about 16:40 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N5301Q, operated by TAR Heel Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 August 1982 at 16:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Sky Manor (NC41)

Coordinates

34.7606, -77.3997

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N5301Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

TAR Heel Aviation, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jacksonville → Jacksonville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82DA236

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER WHILE THE FUEL GAUGES WERE INDICATING AT OR NEAR 1/4 FULL. REPORTEDLY, THE POWER LOSS OCCURRED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS LANDED IN A CORN FIELD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.