Cessna 150 N8687S

Summary

On 28 December 1985 at about 17:00 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N8687S was involved in an accident near Glidden, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 December 1985 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Glidden, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinates

46.1304, -90.5700

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N8687S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake Geneva → Ashland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI86LA053

1 person was seriously 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 AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH POWERLINES WHILE ATTEMPTING A POWER OFF LANDING AFTER ENGINE STOPPAGE. THE FUEL TANKS WERE INSPECTED AND THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE RIGHT TANKS AND ONLY A SMALL QUANTITY IN THE LFT TANK. THE ENGINE WAS TESTED AND FOUND TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATORS WERE INSPECTED WITH THE WINGS IN A LEVEL POSITION AND THE FUEL TANKS EMPTY. EACH INDICATOR NEELE WAS IN OR BELOW THE EMPTY RED RADIAL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD CHECKED HIS FUEL GAUGES TEN MILES BEFORE THE ENGINE QUIT. WHEN INTERVIEWED, THE PILOT STATED THAT 'IN MY CAR I CAN DRIVE ON EMPTY FOR A WHILE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.