Cessna 150J N60764

Summary

On 1 August 2000 at about 19:53 local time, a Cessna 150J registered N60764 was involved in an accident near Morgan Hill, California, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 August 2000 at 19:53

Classification

Accident

Location

Morgan Hill, California, United States

Coordinates

37.1709, -121.6502

Aircraft

Cessna 150J

Registration

N60764

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fresno → San Martin

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX00LA284

1 person was seriously injured.

A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion, which resulted from the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection and failure to verify the fuel supply onboard the airplane.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Near the end of a cross-country flight, the student pilot performed an off-airport emergency landing 3 miles from his intended destination following loss of engine power. During the landing, the airplane collided with ground obstructions. The pilot later acknowledged that he exhausted the aircraft's fuel supply. He said that a fueler was supposed to have filled the aircraft to capacity prior to his departure but did not. During his preflight inspection of the aircraft the pilot did not remove the fuel caps and visually check that the tanks were full.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.