Officials: Plane Ran Out Of Fuel Before Crash-Landing

MERIDEN, Conn. (WTIC and AP) – The National Transportation Safety Board says the small airplane that crash-landed in Connecticut last month had run out of fuel.
According to a preliminary report released Wednesday, pilot Philip Cianciolo, of Wallingford, had calculated he would arrive in Meriden Jan. 27 with six gallons of fuel available.
An airplane passenger had suggested they land to refuel in Hartford, but the report states Cianciolo was “confident in his fuel calculations”