A FOREIGN STUDENT PLT BECOMES LOST ON A PRACTICE XCOUNTRY WHEN HE ENCOUNTERS WX AND GETS LOW ON FUEL. HE IS ASSISTED BY A CTLR AND LANDS AT A NEARBY FIELD AND UPON CHKING HIS FUEL FINDS THAT HE IS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO CSG WHERE HE REFUELED.

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I'M TROUBLE TO INCIDENT I WAS LOST WAY AT AROUND RICHLAND IN GEORGIA; BUT I DID NOT KNOW WHERE AM I. THERE IS NO TOWN; NO ARPT; NO CHK POINT. ALREADY HAVE BEEN FLY FOR 3 HRS 10 MINS! I HAS BEEN USE VOR FREQ; BUT RED FLAG APPEARED SO I COULD NOT FIND MY POS. ALSO RAN OUT OF GAS AND FRONT SIDE WAS HVY PRECIPITATION CLOUD. SO I GIVE UP GOING TO TOI. AS SOON AS TURNING BACK COURSE; I WAS RUNNING SCARED AT THAT TIME BECAUSE OF ALREADY FLOWN FOR 3 HRS 10 MINS. SO; I HAD TO CALL MAYDAY; MAYDAY CALL SIGN WITH SQUAWK 7700; FREQ 121.5. SOMEBODY INVOLVED RIGHT AWAY BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE'S CTL FOR ME AND ASK ABOUT EMER SIT. 'CALL SIGN; WHERE YOU AT?' 'ARE YOU ENG PROB?' NEGATIVE CALL SIGN I DON'T KNOW WHERE AM I. I LOST WAY AND RAN OUT OF GAS; NAV IS OUT OF ORDER FOR NOW. I NEED NEAREST ARPT. 'CALL SIGN ARE YOU VFR?' AFFIRMATIVE CALL SIGN! 'HOW LONG YOU CAN FLY?' I THINK IT'S ABOUT 10 MINS CALL SIGN!! 'IDENT.' IDENTING CALL SIGN! 'CALL SIGN YOU LOCATED TURN HEADING 30 DEGS AND 11 MI AWAY RWY 3200 MARION COUNTY ALTIMETER 30.12 WIND 260 DEGS AT 15 KTS. NOW YOU 5 MI AWAY 11 O'CLOCK. CAN YOU SEE THE FIELD? HOW MUCH ON BOARD FUEL FOR NOW? I'M GOING TO PUT YOU COLUMBUS.' I CAN'T MAKE IT OUT CALL SIGN. I'M GOING TO LAND THIS ARPT CALL SIGN. I WAS BUSY TO START LNDG PROCS; AND FINALLY SAFE LANDED. AFTER LANDED CHKED FUEL WITH DIP STICK. BOTH FUEL TANK AND CALIBRATED FUEL; I KNEW THAT FLY MORE FOR 30 MIN. AFTER FLT PLAN FIGURE OUT I CAN HEAR THAT HELI WHILE I'M DOING LOOK AT THE AERO SECTIONAL CHART. IT WAS RED CROSS UH-60. HE LANDED AND ONE GI APCHED ME AND SAID FSS CALL US TO CHK FOR YOU SAFELY LNDG OR NOT. I SAID THANK YOU. I STILL HAD A 30 MIN FLY FUEL ON BOARD. WE WANT TO GO TO ACJ. I THINK IT'S NO PROB. HE SAID GOOD LUCK AND GO BACK AS SOON AS I TOOK OFF FROM 82A FSS CALL ME RIGHT AWAY 'CALL SIGN WHERE YOU GOING?' CALL SIGN WE HEAD TO ACJ. 'OK; CALL SIGN; I GIVE YOU COLUMBUS APCH ON 126.55. HE WILL MORE HELP YOU OUT.' 'GOOD DAY.' 126.55 THANK A LOT FOR HELP ME OUT CALL SIGN. I LANDED AS PLANNED AT COLUMBUS ARPT AND GAS FILLED UP.