# NTSB ATL82DA266: Aero Commander 112, N1072J, Fayetteville, WV, September 11, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 10, 1982, 20:56 local (Sep 11, 1982, 00:56 UTC)
- Place: Fayetteville, WV
- Location: 38.0641° N, 81.1087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fayetteville, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0641&lon=-81.1087&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 10, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70676
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA266
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70676/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA266

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1072J), registered now, S/N 72, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 112
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 112](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-112) (registry code 0144701) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 72
- Airframe hours: 745
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820910045139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820910045139A), Sep 10, 1982: Gulstm 112, Fayetteville, WV, Substantial damage. Too low on final. Aircraft struck a tree. Airport operator failed to advise pilot of hazard and displaced threshold

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.

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