Accident · 1988-12-16

NTSB case NYC89LA050 · CESSNA 150 · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1988-12-16
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 150 (N63136)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Air Charter Express, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AIR CHARTER EXPRESS, INC.

Probable cause

IMPROPER PLANNING; THE STUDENT PILOT BECAME LOST AND RAN OUT OF FUEL. DURING THE LANDING HE MISJUDGED DISTANCE, ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED AND OVERRAN THE FIELD COLLIDING WITH TREES.

Source: NTSB case NYC89LA050

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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