- Date
- May 7, 1984, 15:48 local (19:48 UTC)
- Place
- No.Stonington, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N25369Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840507016109A
- Case key
- 35550
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a x-country flt, the student plt became lost & his fuel supply became low. He had difficulty contacting a ground station, but finally did so after receiving assistance from other plts. He was requested to squawk 7700 on his transponder, but the ground station could not receive the transponder reply. The plt stated that the eng began running rough while the gages were indicating the fuel tanks were 1/4 full. He elected to make a precautionary landing; however, when he was on a downwind to land, the eng lost power & he was forced to land in a different field. While on the landing roll on muddy terrain, the acft was headed toward some farm equipment. The plt applied brakes to avoid hitting tractors & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25369
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280619
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nassau Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1984 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- ALB · Albany, NY
- Destination
- SFZ · No.Central, RI
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 77 total · 60 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.