NTSB Identification: LAX85LA333.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 29824.
Accident occurred Tuesday, July 30, 1985 in SONOMA, CA
Aircraft: CESSNA 150E, registration: N6284T
Injuries: 1 Serious,1 Minor.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.DURING A DUAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THE STUDENT PLT PRACTICED A FULL STOP LDG FOLLOWED BY A TAKE OFF. ON INITIAL CLIMB ALL ENG POWER WAS SUDDENLY LOST. WHEN THE CFI TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS & MANEUVERED THE ACFT FOR AN EMERGENCY LDG, THE ENG MOMENTARILY COUGHED & SPUTTERED. WHILE LANDING, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES & A POST CRASH FIRE ERUPTED WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED THE ACFT. THE CFI WAS REPORTED TO HAVE STATED TO RESCUE PERSONNEL, 'GUESS I RAN OUT OF GAS.'
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
PREFLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION..INADEQUATE..FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR(ON GROUND)
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
FUEL CONSUMPTION CALCULATIONS..IMPROPER..FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR(ON GROUND)
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
FUEL SUPPLY..INADEQUATE..PILOT IN COMMAND(CFI)
Contributing Factors
OBJECT..TREE(S)
Contributing Factors
FLUID,FUEL..EXHAUSTION
Index for Jul1985 | Index of months