# Accident 19870524015749A: Cessna 172P, New Haven, CT, May 24, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1987, 00:24 local time
- Place: New Haven, CT
- Airport: Tweed-New Haven
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2637° N, 72.8877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TWEED/NEW HAVEN (HVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2637&lon=-72.8877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65482, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65482-2010-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 101 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870524015749A

## Narrative

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

LOW ON FUEL,VECTORED OVER AN AIRPORT.RAN OUT OF FUEL,CIRCLED,LANDED ON LAST PART OF RUNWAY AND RAN OFF INTO A FENCE

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC87LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA154), May 24, 1987: Cessna 172 (N65482), New Haven, CT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N65482 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070715011499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070715011499I), Jul 15, 2007: Cessna 172P (N65482), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot taxied for take-off. Student thought he was at the beginning of runway 17 and asked the tower for clearance. The tower told the pilot that…

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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