# NTSB NYC85LA004: Cessna 150H, N50157, Batavia, NY, October 7, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 7, 1984, 18:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place: Batavia, NY
- Coordinates: 42.989948, -78.18048 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9899&lon=-78.1805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35628
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35628/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA004

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - altimeter - misread, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - visual/aural perception, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - haze/smoke (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50157-1990-08-22), registration cancelled 1990-08-22, S/N 15069099 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15069099
- Airframe hours: 2500
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 71; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841007054529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841007054529A), Oct 7, 1984: Cessna 150H, Batavia, NY, Destroyed. On final approach, struck tree tops, fell through trees. Vision limited by poor sunlight, haze. Misread altimeter.

## Other investigations on N50157 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC70F0175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70F0175), Oct 10, 1969: Cessna 150 (N50157), N Andover, MA, no damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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