ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353786
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 September 1998 |
| Time: | 21:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Daniel Webster College |
| Registration: | N307DW |
| MSN: | 15285265 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6866 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ellington, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Nashua, NH (KASH) |
| Windsor Locks, NH | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot and instructor planned on a night cross-country flight of 1 hour duration. The student pilot reported there was 2 hours of fuel onboard and the flight instructor accepted his word. The engine lost power as they neared their destination. The pilot picked an airport with non-standard, low intensity runway lights, and no rotating beacon for an emergency landing. When they finally acquired the field visually, there was insufficient altitude to reach it. The airplane landed in an open field with soft terrain and flipped over. Post accident interviews disclosed the student pilot had performed the pre-flight inspection. In addition, he was not familiar with the use of a device to measure the quantity of fuel in the tanks.
Probable Cause: Was the flight instructors lack of supervision over the student pilot's preflight inspection of the airplane, and which resulted in fuel exhaustion. Factors were the night conditions and the soft terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB NYC98LA188
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Mar-2024 10:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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