# Incident 19961228043879I: Cessna 150L, Woonsocket, RI, December 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 1996, 11:45 local time
- Place: Woonsocket, RI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0017° N, 71.4999° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woonsocket, RI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0017&lon=-71.4999&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5208Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5208Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 146 total, 100 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961228043879I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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