# Accident 19880707025812A: Cessna 172, Dayton, OH, July 7, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1988, 19:35 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Airport: Moraine Air Park Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6821° N, 84.2400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORAINE AIR PARK (I73), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6821&lon=-84.2400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8611U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8611U-1991-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 242 total, 103 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI88LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880707025812A

## Narrative

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

WAS OVERTAKEN AND HIT FROM ABOVE BY N7222W THAT WAS ALSO ON FINAL. BOTH ACFT FELL 50FT LOCKED TOGETHER TO RUNWAY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N7222W, Piper PA28180: [Accident 19880707025811A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880707025811A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 CHI88LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA156), Jul 7, 1988: Cessna 172F (N8611U), Moraine, OH, destroyed

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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