# Incident 19960522019239I: Cessna 152, Brigentine, NJ, May 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1996, 18:00 local time
- Place: Brigentine, NJ
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4139° N, 74.3779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brigantine, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4139&lon=-74.3779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6592Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6592Q) (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: 40 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960522019239I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 22, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 HRS., A CESSNA CE-152, N6592Q PILOTED BY LINDA A. COLONNA, A PRIVATE PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON BRIGENTINE BEACH AT 43RD STREET IN NEW JERSEY DUE TO LOW FUEL WITHOUT INCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE PRIVATE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED NO DAMAGE. THE PILOT REPORTED SHE DEPARTED RED LION AIRPORT, NJ (N73) FOR ST. MARY'S COUNTY AIRPORT, MD (2W6). BEFORE DEPARTURE FROM ST. MARY'S "CHECKED HOBBS METER, READ 3.2, ESTIMATE ADEQUATE FUEL FOR RETURN TRIP TO RED LION AIRPORT." PILOT WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, WORKING TOWARD HER INSTRUMENT RATING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN FROM THE BEACH TO THE RED LION AIRPORT BY A CFI AFTER BEING REFUELED AND COORDINATED WITH SAFETY INSPECTORS MAUPIN AND WORTH FROM THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OFFICE OF AVIATION, WHO HAVE JURISDICTION IN THE STATE FOR THIS TYPE OF OPERATION. INSPECTOR WORTH STATED THAT WHEN HE CHECKED THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL TANKS PRIOR TO REFUELING, THERE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 GALLONS IN THE RIGHT TANK AND 2 GALLONS IN THE LEFT.                  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCIDENT CLOSED.

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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