- Date
- September 10, 1982, 20:56 local (Sep 11, 1982, 00:56 UTC)
- Place
- Fayetteville, WV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1072JAero Commander 112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820910045139A
- Case key
- 70676
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Upon arrival at the destination arpt, the rwy lights were off & the plt diverted to the fayette arpt. During final the acft struck a tree 200 ft from the displaced threshold of rwy 21. The tree was 13 ft above the rwy end elevation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1072J
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 72
- Airframe hours
- 745
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1D6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George D. Lyons
- Registered owner
- Steven P. & Lynn S. Donaldson
- Departed
- I69 · Batavia, OH
- Destination
- I13 · Lansing, WV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- I89 · Fayette, runway 21, 2,145 × 20 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 286 total · 23 in this make and model · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BKW, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.