Cessna 150G N6227S

Summary

On 5 September 1983 at about 16:15 local time, a Cessna 150G registered N6227S was involved in an accident near Paris, Illinois, 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

5 September 1983 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Paris, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150G

Registration

N6227S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Auburn → Bloomington

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83LA415

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 STUDENT PLT WAS ON HIS 1ST SOLO X-COUNTRY FLT. ON THE 1ST LEG OF THE FLT, HE BECAME DISORIENTED, EXPERIENCED FUEL EXHAUSTION & LANDED IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. DURING THE LANDING, THE ACFT NOSED OVER WHEN THE GEAR ENCOUNTERED THE TALL BEANS. THE STUDENT ATTRIBUTED HIS NAVIGATIONAL DISORIENTATION TO DIRECTIONAL GYRO PRECESSION. HE STATED THAT WHEN THE ENG QUIT, THE LEFT FUEL GAGE INDICATED 1/4 FULL & THE RIGHT GAGE INDICATED EMPTY. ALSO, HE REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING, HE TURNED DOWNWIND TO AVOID HITTING A FENCE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.