Cessna 150L N10566

Summary

On 6 June 1987 at about 16:26 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N10566, operated by Maui Flight School, was involved in an accident near Huelo, Hawaii, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 June 1987 at 16:26

Classification

Accident

Location

Huelo, Hawaii, United States

Coordinates

20.8694, -156.4496

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N10566

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Maui Flight School

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Kahului → Hana

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX87LA227

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

DURING A LOCAL PLEASURE SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND EVENTUALLY QUIT. THE PLT INITIATED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A PINEAPPLE FIELD WHERE THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN AND NOSED OVER. THE ACFT WAS FOUND TO HAVE APRX HALF A GALLON OF FUEL IN THE ENTIRE FUEL SYSTEM. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL FAILURES OR MALFUNCTIONS NOTED DURING AN ENGINE RUN AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT STATED AFTER THE ACC THAT HE ESTIMATED FROM TANK OBSERCATION THAT THE ACFT CONTAINED ABOUT 10 GALS OF FUEL. THE PLTS HANDBOOK STATES THAT 3.5 GALS ARE UNUSABLE. THE PLT NOTED ON PREFLT THAT THE LEFT FUEL GAUGE READ FULL AND THE RT READ EMPTY. AN FAA INSPECTOR NOTED AFTER THE ACC THAT FUEL WAS RUNNING OUT OF THE LEFT FUEL VENT. THE WING SHOWED EVIDENCE OF IN FLT LEAKAGE. THE ACFT HAD A HISTORY OF A FUEL VENT LEAK. THE ACFT FLEW APRX 3/4 OF AN HOUR ON THE ACC FLT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.