# Incident 19950617016839I: Cessna 172P, London, OH, June 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1995, 10:15 local time
- Place: London, OH
- Airport: Madison County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9327° N, 83.4620° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MADISON COUNTY (UYF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9327&lon=-83.4620&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53025, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53025) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950617016839I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: NO TYPE OF MALFUNCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT COULD BE DETERMINED, THE STUDENT PILOT EXERCISED POOR JUDGEMENT. DURING A SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT MR. RICHARD SMITH HAD COMPLETED ONE TOUCH AND GO LANDING ON RUNWAY 26 AT MADISON COUNTY AIRPORT ON JUNE 17, 1995, AT APPROXIMATELY 1015 AM. ON HIS SECOND APPROACH HE STATED THAT HIS LANDING WAS FINE, AND HE ADDED POWER FOR TAKE-OFF, THEN HE REMEMBERED THAT HIS INSTRUCTOR HAD INSTRUCTED HIM TO MAKE THE SECOND LANDING A FULL STOP. HE ATTEMPTED TO ABORT THE TAKE-OFF, HE SAID HE PULLED THE MIXTURE INSTEAD OF THE POWER, THEN HE BECAME CONFUSED AND LOOKED DOWN AT THE POWER. WHEN HE LOOKED UP AGAIN, HE SAW THAT HE WAS DEPARTING THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. HE STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GRASS, THEN DECIDED TO TAXI BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE GRASS WAS VERY TALL AND REQUIRED EXCESSIVE POWER TO GET STARTED TAXIING. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVING HE SAW A DITCH AHEAD BUT COULD NOT STOP BEFORE RUNNING INTO IT.

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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