- Date
- October 7, 1984, 18:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Batavia, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N50157Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841007054529A
- Case key
- 35628
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Analysis
Plt stated en route time was longer than anticipated. On arrival at destination, deep dusk conditions combined with haze, restricted ground reference cues. In addition, plt stated he misread the altimeter. Acft collided with trees 1 mile short of runway. Plt had 0.5 hours night flying.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50157
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069099
- Airframe hours
- 2,500
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raymond Baldwin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- GFL · Glens Falls, NY
- Destination
- 3G8 · Batavia, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 3G8 · Genesee Co, runway 28, 4,400 × 75 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
- 71
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 291 total · 270 in this make and model · 224 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BUF
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N50157 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.