Officials: Plane ran out of fuel before Meriden crash-landing

MERIDEN — The National Transportation Safety Board said the small airplane that crash-landed in Meriden last month ran 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” and didn’t want to pay