- Date
- November 28, 1991, 17:48 local (22:48 UTC)
- Place
- Danbury, CT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N25262Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911128053679A
- Case key
- 37114
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper preflight and planning which resulted in fuel system exhaustion and a forced landing on unsuitable terrain. A factor related to the accident was the pilot's lack of total experience.
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 was on a solo cross country flight. He was instructed to refuel the airplane before the return flight. Because of a holiday, there was no refueling service available. The student decided that the airplane had sufficient fuel for the return flight and he departed. The engine quite approximately 1.75 hours after takeoff. The pilot made a forced landing in a field and the airplane struck a tree. The FAA found no fuel in the tanks.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25262
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280560
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Action Aviation Inc
- Registered owner
- Eric Myers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 5B6 · Falmouth, MA
- Destination
- POU · Dutchess County, NY
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 59 total · 49 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.