# Accident 19910515016199A: Cessna 152, Newtonville, NJ, May 15, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1991, 19:39 local time
- Place: Newtonville, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5633° N, 74.8559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newtonville, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5633&lon=-74.8559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94512, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94512-2012-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 69 total, 69 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910515016199A

## Narrative

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

BECAME LOST ON SOLO CROSSCOUNTRY. CALLED FSS TO REPORT PROP HAD STOPPED. LANDED IN FIELD. FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY.

## 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 NYC91LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA135), May 15, 1991: Cessna 152 II (N94512), Newtonville, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: PILOT FACTOR IN THAT THE STUDENT PILOT DELAYED ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE, AFTER BECOMING LOST UNTIL INSUFFICIENT FUEL WAS AVAILABLE TO MAKE AN AIRPORT. THIS RESULTED IN ENGINE FAILURE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION…

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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