# NTSB NYC87LA154: Cessna 172, N65482, New Haven, CT, May 24, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 24, 1987, 00:24 local (04:24 UTC)
- Place: New Haven, CT
- Location: 41.2637° N, 72.8877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TWEED/NEW HAVEN (HVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2637&lon=-72.8877&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 7, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30654
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA154
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30654/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA154

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - haze/smoke (contributing factor)
  - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
- Forced landing, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)
- Overrun, landing - roll
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65482-2010-02-12), registration cancelled 2010-02-12, S/N 17275761, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275761
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870524015749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870524015749A), May 24, 1987: Cessna 172P, New Haven, CT, Substantial damage. Low on fuel,vectored over an airport. Ran out of fuel,circled,landed on last part of runway and ran off into a fence

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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