Aviation accident ERA23LA191

Name: aviation accident: CESSNA 152 near Danbury (2023-04-10)
Start: 2023-04-10
Location: Danbury, CT, USA

MINR · CESSNA 152 · 2023-04-10 · Danbury, CT, USA

Event

NTSB number: ERA23LA191
Event ID: 20230412107046
Type: Accident
Date: 2023-04-10
Location: Danbury, CT, USA
Coordinates: 41.380237, -73.455784

Injuries

Highest injury: MINR
Fatal: 0
Serious: 0
Minor: 2
Uninjured: 0
Total aboard: 2

Aircraft

Make: CESSNA
Model: 152
Registration: N757YM
FAR Part: 091
Engines: 1
Damage: SUBS

Conditions

Light: DAYL
Weather: VMC

Probable cause

The flight instructor’s inadequate preflight fuel planning and oversight of the preflight inspection, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

Source

Authoritative: NTSB CAROL
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown