42.9473° N, 76.4285° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Skaneateles, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 31, 1983 · 00:30 local
Place
Skaneateles, NY
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N88940
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
67 total40 in this make and model21 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.
Pilot could not activate runway lights and remained in area until engine quit from fuel exhaustion.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT COULD NOT ACTIVATE RUNWAY LIGHTS AND REMAINED IN AREA UNTIL ENGINE QUIT FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION.