- Date
- August 18, 1983, 11:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Petersburg, WV
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7368GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830818046619A
- Case key
- 5962
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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Altitude - inadequateCause
Analysis
The acft was unable to maintain altitude while crossing mountain ridges & stalled about 50 ft above a tree line. The pilots had been using automotive fuel during prefueling stop
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7368G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel J. Stern
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- W16 · Winchester, VA
- Destination
- EKN · Elkins, WV
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EKN, 41 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.