- Date
- July 28, 1986, 05:33 local (09:33 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, WV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N96701Cessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860728036459A
- Case key
- 6954
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with a tree while on final approach to runway 21. The flight had been cleared for the approach after the pilot reported having the airport in sight. There was no current weather observation available at that time, but a local air taxi operator reported that at 0610 EDT, the wx was, in part: 200 ft obscd, visibility 1/8 mi. The approach procedure required that the pilot use the morgantown altimeter setting and add 100 feet to the decision height. The aircraft crashed about 2-1/2 miles short of the runway. The decision height for the approach was 1700 feet MSL. The airport elevation was 1203 ft. the crash site was at aprx the same elevation as the arpt. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was evident. The flt plan indcd that the person in the coplt's seat was the PIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96701
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276104
- Airframe hours
- 2,478
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gull Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 24, 1986 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- LOU · Louisville, KY
- Destination
- Clarksburg, WV
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CKB · Benebum Airport, runway 21, 5,198 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 1,200 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 2 knots
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CKB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.