- Date
- June 3, 1986, 15:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Middletown, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N31SDCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860603021549A
- Case key
- 30352
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on the third leg of an approved three leg cross country solo flight. He was instructed to refuel at the second stop. However, he made a decision not to refuel since the fuel tanks indicated about 1/2 full. The aircraft ran out of fuel approximately 15 miles short of the destination & the pilot made a forced landing in the Connecticut river.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31SD
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285080
- Airframe hours
- 1,504
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1986 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- HYA · Hyannis, CT
- Destination
- MMK · Meriden, CT
- 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 21 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 16 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.