ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 369412
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| Date: | Friday 16 December 1988 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 150 |
| Owner/operator: | Air Charter Express, Inc. |
| Registration: | N63136 |
| MSN: | 15077128 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL O-200-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lyme, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Plymouth, MA |
| Pittsfield, MA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT, DUE TO IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING AND DECISIONS, HE INADVERTENTLY BECAME LOST. HE FLEW OVER TWO CONTROLLED APRTS AND DID NOT LAND BECAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW THE PROPER RADIO FREQUENCIES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, A LOSS OF POWER WAS EXPERIENCED DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. DURING THE FORCED LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG IN AN OPEN FIELD AND COLLIDED WITH TREES.
Probable Cause: IMPROPER PLANNING; THE STUDENT PILOT BECAME LOST AND RAN OUT OF FUEL. DURING THE LANDING HE MISJUDGED DISTANCE, ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED AND OVERRAN THE FIELD COLLIDING WITH TREES.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC89LA050
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 24-Mar-2024 14:17 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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