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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150 · East Hartford, CT · September 27, 1978

Date
September 27, 1978 · 15:53 local
Place
East Hartford, CT
Airport
Rentschler
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1276Q
Reported as
Cessna 150
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
35 total35 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student on solo xc became lost and low on fuel. Talking to one tower with another airport in sight.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT ON SOLO XC BECAME LOST AND LOW ON FUEL. TALKING TO ONE TOWER WITH ANOTHER AIRPORT IN SIGHT.