Cessna 150 N60913

Summary

On 2 March 1983 at about 22:55 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N60913 was involved in an accident near San Juan. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 March 1983 at 22:55

Classification

Accident

Location

San Juan

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N60913

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Thomas → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MIA83LA086

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 ACFT WAS DITCHED IN A LAKE NEAR SAN JUAN FOLLOWING ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. THE PILOT HAD RENTED THE ACFT FOR A ROUND TRIP TO ST. THOMAS. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE RETURN FLT TO SAN JUAN. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ONLY RESIDUAL FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE ACFT AFTER ITS RECOVERY FROM THE LAKE. THE OPERATOR STATED THAT THE ACFT HAD BEEN FLOWN 2 HRS AND 25 MINUTES BEFORE IT WAS RENTED AGAIN WITH ABOUT 10 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD. THE ACFT WAS NOT REFUELED BEFOREDEPARTING SAN JUAN NOR WAS IT REFUELED WHILE IN ST. THOMAS. THE PILOTS REPORT SHOWS HE FLEW THE ACFT FOR 1 HR. AND 45 MINUTES BEFORE THE ENGINE STOPPED. THIS COMBINES WITH THE PREVIOUS FLIGHT FOR A GRAND TOTAL OF 4 HOURS AND 10 MINUTES SINCE REFUELING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.