CLIFTON, VA, USA
N704VE
CESSNA 150M
ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE AND HIS WIFE HAD DEPARTED MOUNT OLIVE, NC ON THE MORNING OF THE ACCIDENT ENROUTE TO ROMEO, MI. AFTER REFUELING AT DANVILLE, VA THEY DEPARTED BUT RAN INTO WEATHER NEAR BECKLY AND DIVERTED TO THE EAST. UNABLE TO LOCATE GREENBRIER AIRPORT AT WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV AND WITH THE WEATHER GETTING WORSE HE SUCCESSFULLY LANDED IN A WEED FIELD AT CLIFTON FORGE, VA. AFTER OFFLOADING HIS WIFE, THEIR LUGGAGE, AND ADDING 10 GALLONS OF FUEL TO THE AIRCRAFT HE ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM THE WET 1800 FOOT FIELD AT ABOUT 1730 HOURS WITH THE DENSITY ALTITUDE ABOVE 3000 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH WIRES AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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