- Date
- May 24, 1987, 00:24 local (04:24 UTC)
- Place
- New Haven, CT
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65482Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870524015749A
- Case key
- 30654
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Drg a night flt from new bedford to bridgeport, the plt enctrd visibility problems & believed that fuel consumption was higher than normal. He obtained radar vectors to New Haven. After seeing the arpt, he flew over to establish the runway pattern. However, fuel exhaustion occurred as he was flying over. He rprtd that he was forced to glide to a landing without establishing a normal apch. Subsequently, the acft went off the end of the rwy & struck a fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65482
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275761
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cardinal Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 22, 1987
- Departed
- New Bedford, MA
- Destination
- BDR · Bridgeport, CT
- Airport
- HVN · New Haven
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 190 total · 101 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 5 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.