# Accident 19960804020779A: Cessna 150J, Waverly, OH, August 4, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1996, 01:50 local time
- Place: Waverly, OH
- Airport: Pike County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1199° N, 82.9804° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1199&lon=-82.9804&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61049, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61049-1997-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 178 total, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD96LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960804020779A

## Narrative

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

TURNING FINAL AT NIGHT ENCOUNTERED FOG. LOST CONTROL IN TURN. BEGAN LEVEL TOO LATE. VFR PILOT LOSS OF CONTROL. (-23) PILOT DEPARTED PORTSMOUTH, OH (PMH) FOR PIKE COUNTY, OH (I57) AT 2330 LCL. PILOT ACTIVATED AIRPORT LIGHTING SYSTEM VIA UNICOM REQUENCY. UPON ENTERING LEFT BASE LEG FOR RUNWAY 25, PILOT ENCOUNTERED DENSE FOG AND BECAME DISORIENTED. HE CRASHED IN A FIELD EAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE PIC SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES REFUSING MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE SCENE. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS. THERE WAS NO FIRE UPON IMPACT. AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED.

## 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 IAD96LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD96LA124), Aug 4, 1996: Cessna 150 (N61049), Waverly, OH, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) with subsequent loss of visual contact and collision with the ground. Darkness and fog were related factors.

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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