# NTSB Accident IAD96LA150
> **Cessna 150G** · 1996-09-21 · TEMPLETON, MA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD96LA150
- **Event ID:** 20001208X06758
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-09-21
- **Location:** TEMPLETON, MA, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 150G
- **Registration:** N2607J
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NBRT
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the student pilot's improper in-flight decision to continued the cross-country flight into night conditions, and his inability to find the destination (or an alternate airport) in a timely manner, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, forced landing, and in-flight collision with trees.  Factors related to the accident were: darkness, and the student pilot's lack of night experience.

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