# NTSB ATL82DLJ05: Cessna 150M, N63536, Fayetteville, NC, February 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: February 15, 1982, 21:45 local (Feb 16, 1982, 02:45 UTC)
- Place: Fayetteville, NC
- Coordinates: 35.090286, -78.960494 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0903&lon=-78.9605&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70675
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DLJ05
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70675/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DLJ05

## 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 - dark night (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,visual apch slope ind(vasi) - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway end ident lights(reil) - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway edge lights - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,in-runway lights - unavailable (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63536-1990-09-07), registration cancelled 1990-09-07, S/N 15077380 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077380
- Airframe hours: 2222
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820215003859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820215003859A), Feb 15, 1982: Cessna 150M, Parkton, NC, Substantial damage. Struck embankment adjacent to a runway marked only by reflectors, during a night landing.

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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