- Date
- February 15, 1982, 21:45 local (Feb 16, 1982, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fayetteville, NC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N63536Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820215003859A
- Case key
- 70675
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Undershoot
Light condition - dark nightFactor
In-flight planning/decision - poorCause
Airport facilities,visual apch slope ind(vasi) - unavailableFactor
Airport facilities,runway end ident lights(reil) - unavailableFactor
Airport facilities,runway edge lights - unavailableFactor
Airport facilities,in-runway lights - unavailableFactor
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Analysis
While attempting a night landing to an airport runway marked only with reflectors, the aircraft contacted an embankment to the left of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63536
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077380
- Airframe hours
- 2,222
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen Mercer
- Registered owner
- Stephen Mercer
- Departed
- Lumberton, NC
- Destination
- Bethel, AK
- Airport
- I-95 South, runway 10, 4,000 × 0 ft, dirt
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
- 20
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 291 total · 261 in this make and model · 261 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 122 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.