- Date
- August 6, 1983, 20:45 local (Aug 7, 1983, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- St. Clair, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N707CFCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830806057339A
- Case key
- 35245
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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 student plt was on a x-country flt when he encountered reduced visibility with fog & haze. He tried to locate an arpt by flying time & distance off of a VOR station. He circled in the vicinity of where he thought the arpt was at, then elected to land before nightfall. While making a precautionary landing in an open field, the acft hit a trench & nosed over. The trench was obscured by vegetation & approaching darkness.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N707CF
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078739
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James D. Fraley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Findley, IN
- Destination
- Latrobe, PA
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 47 total · 30 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.