Cessna 150M N6494K

Summary

On 26 March 1984 at about 01:55 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N6494K was involved in an accident near Bryan, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 March 1984 at 01:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Bryan, Texas, United States

Coordinates

30.6397, -96.3595

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N6494K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Duncan → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW84LA174

Nobody was 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 ENG LOST POWER FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION BEFORE THE PLT REACHED HIS FINAL DESTINATION. DURING A SUBSEQUENT EMERGENCY LANDING AT NIGHT THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AS IT WAS TOUCHING DOWN. THE PLT STATED THAT HE ESTIMATED THERE WAS 1.5 GALS OF USABLE FUEL ON BOARD WHEN THE ENG STOPPED & THAT THE FUEL GAGES INDICATED THAT THERE WAS ABOUT THAT MUCH REMAINING. THE PLT BELIEVED THAT USE OF THE SHOULDER HARNESSES SPARED HIM & THE PASSENGER FROM INJURY. IN HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE PLT RELATED THAT AN INTERMEDIATE STOP FOR FUEL WOULD HAVE COST 'TOO MUCH IN TIME & MONEY' & HE SAW NO REASON TO TERMINATE THE FLT. HE OVERFLEW SEVERAL SUITABLE REFUELING POINTS IN ORDER TO REACH HIS DESTINATION NON-STOP.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.