- Date
- February 1, 1986, 23:50 local (Feb 2, 1986, 04:50 UTC)
- Place
- Marengo, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2942VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860201037529A
- Case key
- 13419
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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 was relying on his loran c for navigation when he decided to alter his destination to Delaware municipal arpt due to adverse winds and turbulence. He had been checking his charts for obstructions when the acft collided with trees in a wooded area short of his destination. The plt had just descended to 2200 ft MSL to avoid turbulence . He stated he may have been looking at his charts for up to forty seconds but that was not customary for him because his acft 'has a tendency to enter a left turn easy, hands off.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2942V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-76329
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terry L. Craycraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 3G6 · Sebring, OH
- Destination
- DLZ · Delaware, OH
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,011 total · 250 in this make and model · 890 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 26 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.