# Incident 19780927020449I: Cessna 150, East Hartford, CT, September 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1978, 15:53 local time
- Place: East Hartford, CT
- Airport: Rentschler
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7607° N, 72.6076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Hartford, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7607&lon=-72.6076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1276Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1276Q-1997-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780927020449I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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