19930325007429A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Urbana, OH · March 25, 1993

Date
March 25, 1993 · 20:00 local
Place
Urbana, OH
Airport
Grimes Field Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N73436
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO93LA059
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
228 total140 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Encountered ground fog on night climbout. Lost control due vertigo. Descend to ground.

As the FAA filed it

ENCOUNTERED GROUND FOG ON NIGHT CLIMBOUT. LOST CONTROL DUE VERTIGO. DESCEND TO GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.