- Date
- July 2, 1982, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Haven, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39050Grumman AA-1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820702028209A
- Case key
- 73003
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot departed bridgeport, CT at 1200 hours and arrived at nantucket, ma at 1345 hours. While en route, he made a touch-and-go at fishers island and practiced stall maneuvers. He departed nantucket at about 1430 hours without refueling. Subsequently, he ran low on fuel and diverted to new Haven, CT. However, fuel exhaustion occurred and he made a forced landing on a sand bar. During the landing, the aircraft struck rocks and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39050
- Reported as
- Grumman AA-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- AA1C-0203
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Frederick Terhaar, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Frederick Terhaar, Jr.
- Departed
- Nantucket, MA
- Destination
- Bridgeport, CT
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 1 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.