# NTSB ATL83FIG06: Cessna 150, N7368G, Petersburg, WV, August 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: August 18, 1983, 11:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place: Petersburg, WV
- Coordinates: 38.989307, -79.120414 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9893&lon=-79.1204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 5962
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83FIG06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/5962/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FIG06

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, cruise - normal
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7368G-1986-03-28), registration cancelled 1986-03-28, S/N 15074650 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830818046619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830818046619A), Aug 18, 1983: Cessna 150L, Petersburg, WV, Destroyed. Unable to climb over ridges en route. Crashed into trees. Pilot and aircraft license expired. Using auto gasoline.

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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