# Accident 19900914040029A: Cessna 152, Plain City, OH, September 14, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 1990, 04:37 local time
- Place: Plain City, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1007° N, 83.2691° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1007&lon=-83.2691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95644, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N95644-1991-03-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235N2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 8 total, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900914040029A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT DEPARTED AT NIGHT INTO IMC NO PANEL LIGHTS. ATC HAD CONTACT BUT PILOT EVENTUALLY LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED.

## 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 NYC90FA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FA220), Sep 14, 1990: Cessna 152 (N95644), Plain City, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: POOR JUDGEMENT OF THE PILOT DUE TO CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL, FLIGHT BY THE PILOT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC), AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO SPATIAL…

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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