- Date
- October 1, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glenville, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2857SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831001070119A
- Case key
- 5993
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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.
Analysis
Ground fog started developing as the flt approached its destination. During the vor-b approach to rwy 16 the plt spotted the rwy lights about a mile out & set up on left base to the rwy. The plt turned final but drifted left of base. The plt stated that due to the ground fog the rwy lights & VASI blurred all vision. The acft was too FAR left of centerline & stalled onto the rwy during the maneuver.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2857S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066757
- Airframe hours
- 3,357
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John A. Kroll
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1983 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- Stone King Arpt, WV
- Airport
- Private, runway 22, 1,650 × 90 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 61 total · 36 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CKB, 40 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.