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C150, flying from auburn to harvey, lost generator. Depended on VOR to navigation to pae but led astray by VOR inoperative due to low voltage. Now lost, unable to contact anyone on radio and fuel indicating zero, reporter elected to land on interstate highway. No damage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 362868 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199703 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : pae airport : s50 |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : nuw |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 150 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 31 flight time total : 196 flight time type : 98 |
| ASRS Report | 362868 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Left auburn for return flight to harvey. Noticed generator light on 5 mins out of auburn. Do visual scan of panel checking all switches. Lightly read over pilot operating handbook, scan for traffic, scan pilot operating handbook, scan for landmarks. Set VOR for paine (110.6). Divide attention between above. Not worried about generator failure (34 NM flight) but still pay attention to it. Call sea approach -- no reply. Realize flight taking too long, VOR not responding, no landmarks I recognize. Fuel showing empty, no radio. Called sea approach and whidbey approach -- no reply light on transponder and lost. Looked for landing area and picked straight road with headlights. Circled a while at 1500 ft and landed south flow on interstate. Taxied with police assistance 1 mi sbound to exit to side road north to barker field.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C150, FLYING FROM AUBURN TO HARVEY, LOST GENERATOR. DEPENDED ON VOR TO NAV TO PAE BUT LED ASTRAY BY VOR INOP DUE TO LOW VOLTAGE. NOW LOST, UNABLE TO CONTACT ANYONE ON RADIO AND FUEL INDICATING ZERO, RPTR ELECTED TO LAND ON INTERSTATE HWY. NO DAMAGE.
Narrative: LEFT AUBURN FOR RETURN FLT TO HARVEY. NOTICED GENERATOR LIGHT ON 5 MINS OUT OF AUBURN. DO VISUAL SCAN OF PANEL CHKING ALL SWITCHES. LIGHTLY READ OVER PLT OPERATING HANDBOOK, SCAN FOR TFC, SCAN PLT OPERATING HANDBOOK, SCAN FOR LANDMARKS. SET VOR FOR PAINE (110.6). DIVIDE ATTN BTWN ABOVE. NOT WORRIED ABOUT GENERATOR FAILURE (34 NM FLT) BUT STILL PAY ATTN TO IT. CALL SEA APCH -- NO REPLY. REALIZE FLT TAKING TOO LONG, VOR NOT RESPONDING, NO LANDMARKS I RECOGNIZE. FUEL SHOWING EMPTY, NO RADIO. CALLED SEA APCH AND WHIDBEY APCH -- NO REPLY LIGHT ON XPONDER AND LOST. LOOKED FOR LNDG AREA AND PICKED STRAIGHT ROAD WITH HEADLIGHTS. CIRCLED A WHILE AT 1500 FT AND LANDED S FLOW ON INTERSTATE. TAXIED WITH POLICE ASSISTANCE 1 MI SBOUND TO EXIT TO SIDE ROAD N TO BARKER FIELD.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.