# Accident 19881216060459A: Cessna 150M, Lyme, CT, December 16, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 16, 1988, 12:30 local time
- Place: Lyme, CT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3965° N, 72.3438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Lyme, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3965&lon=-72.3438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63136, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63136-1989-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC89LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881216060459A

## Narrative

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

OFF COURSE AND UNABLE TO USE NAVCOM. RAN OUT OF FUEL, OVERSHOT OPEN FIELD AND CRASHED INTO TREES AT END OF FIELD.

## 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 NYC89LA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC89LA050), Dec 16, 1988: Cessna 150 (N63136), Lyme, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: IMPROPER PLANNING; THE STUDENT PILOT BECAME LOST AND RAN OUT OF FUEL. DURING THE LANDING HE MISJUDGED DISTANCE, ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED AND OVERRAN THE FIELD COLLIDING WITH TREES.

## Other reports on N63136 (1)

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

- [Incident 19881006058209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881006058209I), Oct 6, 1988: Cessna 150M (N63136), Jamesburg, NJ. Disoriented and unable to locate airport. Concerned about fuel supply. Landed in park before center could assist.

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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