# Incident 19791203048129I: Cessna 172N, Ashtabula, OH, December 3, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1979, 20:43 local time
- Place: Ashtabula, OH
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8795° N, 80.7985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashtabula, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8795&lon=-80.7985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5102D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5102D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 20 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791203048129I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING, AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO SNOWBANK, DAMAGED PROP, WING TIP.

## Other reports on N5102D (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20250705007549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250705007549I), Jul 5, 2025: Cessna 172N (N5102D), Wadsworth, OH, Minor damage. On 07/05/2025 at Wadsworth Municipal Airport (3G3), approximately 1100EDT the pilot of the aicraft in question performed a pre-inspecion and slowly ran through…
- [Accident 19850427019839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850427019839A), Apr 27, 1985: Cessna 172N (N5102D), Perrysville, OH, Substantial damage. Overshot and unable to stop on wet grass runway. Pilot initiated a ground loop into a plowed field and flipped over

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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