Cessna 150-L N6697G

Summary

On 23 August 1989 at about 03:45 local time, a Cessna 150-L registered N6697G was involved in an accident near Logan, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

23 August 1989 at 03:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Logan, Utah, United States

Coordinates

41.7199, -111.8399

Aircraft

Cessna 150-L

Registration

N6697G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rexburg → Logan

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN89LA198

Nobody was injured.

IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION, DUE TO LACK OF FUEL. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: DARKNESS AND A FENCE IN THE EMERGENCY LANDING AREA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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THE PRIVATE PLT WAS RETURNING FROM A NIGHT X-COUNTRY FLT. HE SAID HE WAS AT NORMAL CRUISE AT 8000 FT & 8 MI FROM THE DESTINATION, WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER & HE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART IT. HE LANDED IN A FIELD. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE PLANE WENT THRU A FENCE, NOSED OVER & CAME TO REST INVERTED. THE PLT SAID HE HAD FLOWN 3 HRS ON THIS TANK OF FUEL & SHOULD HAVE HAD 1 HR LEFT. HOWEVER, A POST-ACDNT INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF A MECHANICAL ENGINE FAILURE. NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE CARBURETOR, FUEL GASCOLATOR OR FUEL PUMP. ONE GALLON OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT TANK & NONE IN THE LEFT. NO EVIDENCE OF A FUEL SPILL WAS FOUND AT THE CRASH SCENE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.