- Date
- March 3, 1985, 13:06 local (18:06 UTC)
- Place
- Martinsburg, WV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6562FCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850303067659A
- Case key
- 11163
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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
The plt took off on rwy 35 & departed the arpt without contacting the tower. Aprx 30 min later, he returned & made svrl missed apchs, still without contacting the tower. Tower psnl tried to communicate with the plt & used light signals while directing other traffic. The plt stated (later) that he saw a C-130 acft on the taxiway as well as svrl other light civil acft in the area. He then stated that he became disoriented & lost control. Witnesses reported that the acft entered a steep circling maneuver which terminated when the left wing hit the ground & the acft finally came to rest between rwy 8/26 & the parallel taxiway. The 75 yr old plt had no previous experience in the Cessna 150, had not flown in the previous 90 days & had never received a biennial flt review.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6562F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063162
- Airframe hours
- 1,941
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles F. Rouss
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 18, 1984
- Airport
- MRB · Eastern West Virginia Reg, runway 35, 5,001 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 75
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 650 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6562F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.