Cessna 150J N60362

Summary

On 15 January 1988 at about 23:22 local time, a Cessna 150J registered N60362 was involved in an accident near Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 January 1988 at 23:22

Classification

Accident

Location

Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Fayetteville Municipal (FAY)

Coordinates

35.0891, -78.9598

Aircraft

Cessna 150J

Registration

N60362

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Charlotte → Lumberton

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ATL88LA079

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 STUDENT PLT RPTDLY BECAME LOST ON A SOLO X-C FLIGHT, AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE HER DESTINATION ARPT. SHE SUBSEQUENTLY OBTAINED RADAR VECTORS TO ANOTHER ARPT. THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUNTLY LOST POWER WHILE ON FINAL APPCH TO THE ARPT, AND THE AIRPLANE CRASHED INTO TREES ABOUT 1.5 MILES SHORT OF THE RWY. POST-CRASH EXAM OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THAT THE FUEL SUPPLY WAS EXHAUSTED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED WITH ADEQUATE FUEL FOR THE PLANNED 1 HR TRIP. THE ACTUAL TIME IN FLIGHT WAS ABOUT 2.2 HRS. THE STUDENT PLT RPTDLY HAD A TOTAL OF ABOUT 8 HRS SOLO FLT EXPERIENCE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.