# Accident 19851027054159A: Cessna 152, Parkersburg, WV, October 27, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1985, 20:46 local time
- Place: Parkersburg, WV
- Airport: Wood County Airport Gill Robb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3736° N, 81.4445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3736&lon=-81.4445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48987 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 229 total, 11 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL86LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851027054159A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LANDED IN CORN FIELD AFTER FUEL WAS EXHAUSTED DURING STRAIGHT IN APPROACH. RESTRICTION ON PILOTS NIGHT FLYING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL86LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA012), Oct 28, 1985: Cessna 152 (N48987), Parkersburg, WV, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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