Cessna 150J N5587G

Summary

On 24 March 1996 at about 20:10 local time, a Cessna 150J registered N5587G was involved in an accident near Warwick, New York, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

24 March 1996 at 20:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Warwick, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Warwick Municipal (N72)

Coordinates

41.2497, -74.3501

Aircraft

Cessna 150J

Registration

N5587G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Montgomery → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC96FA078

1 person died.

the pilot's mismanagement of the fuel supply, which resulted in fuel exhaustion. A related factor was the pilot's lack of recent experience.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot/owner and a certified flight instructor (CFI) flew a 1 hour training flight and terminated at another airport. The CFI deplaned to fly with another pilot, while the accident pilot departed for her home field, about 14 miles to the south. About 40 minutes later, witnesses observed the airplane about 100 feet above the ground and heard the engine sputtering. The airplane crashed in a wooded area, about 1 mile southwest of the destination airport. Two large fields were located on both sides of the wooded area. Examination of the fuselage revealed no preimpact failure of the airframe, and the flaps were found retracted. The engine was test run satisfactorily. The wing fuel tanks were not ruptured; the right tank contained 1.25 gallons; and the left tank contained .58 gallons of fuel. The owner's manual listed 3.5 gallons of fuel unusable. The pilot had not flown in 4 months, and about 47 months had elapsed since her last biennial flight review. Also, 15 months had elapsed since the airplane's last annual inspection. The CFI did not review the pilot's or airplane's log books, or verify fuel quantity, prior to the first flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.