19961228043879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150L · Woonsocket, RI · December 28, 1996

Date: December 28, 1996 · 11:45 local
Place: Woonsocket, RI
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5208Q
Reported as: Cessna 150L
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 146 total100 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

N5208QRegistered now · Cessna 150LS/N 15073108 · Built 1971 Airframe modelCessna 150L Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: airman was on a cross country flight from north central airport (sfz) RI to portland, me (pwm) where he executed a touch and go then flew to manchester, NH (mht) where he executed another touch and go. He then departed on a return flight to sfz. While en route to sfz fuel was exhausted and the airman executed a power off landing to a baseball field in Woonsocket, RI. Nose wheel collapsed and prop and lower engine cowl was damaged. On scene investigation revealed fuel tanks were empty. Pilot did not ascertain the amount of fuel available prior to departure. He encountered unreported weather en-route and failed to consider factors which caused him to use significantly more fuel than planned. Made forced landing to business/residential area of Woonsocket.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRMAN WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM NORTH CENTRAL AIRPORT (SFZ) RI TO PORTLAND, ME (PWM) WHERE HE EXECUTED A TOUCH AND GO THEN FLEW TO MANCHESTER, NH (MHT) WHERE HE EXECUTED ANOTHER TOUCH AND GO. HE THEN DEPARTED ON A RETURN FLIGHT TO SFZ. WHILE EN ROUTE TO SFZ FUEL WAS EXHAUSTED AND THE AIRMAN EXECUTED A POWER OFF LANDING TO A BASEBALL FIELD IN WOONSOCKET, RI. NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND PROP AND LOWER ENGINE COWL WAS DAMAGED. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED FUEL TANKS WERE EMPTY. PILOT DID NOT ASCERTAIN THE AMOUNT OF FUEL AVAILABLE PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. HE ENCOUNTERED UNREPORTED WEATHER EN-ROUTE AND FAILED TO CONSIDER FACTORS WHICH CAUSED HIM TO USE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FUEL THAN PLANNED. MADE FORCED LANDING TO BUSINESS/RESIDENTIAL AREA OF WOONSOCKET.