GIDDINGS, TX, USA
N5215P
CESSNA 152
THE STUDENT PLT ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT BECAME LOST. THE PLT LANDED TO REFUEL BUT THE FACILITY WAS CLOSED. HE DEPARTED TO REFUEL ELSEWHERE AND RAN ONE FUEL TANK DRY ENROUTE. UPON REACHING THE SECOND ARPT, THE PLT PERFORMED A LANDING ON RWY 35 AND RAN OFF THE END INTO A FENCE AND TREES. THE WIND WAS REPORTED SOUTHEASTERLY AT 10 KTS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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