# Accident 19960123046419A: Cessna 172, Highlandhills, OH, January 23, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1996, 07:45 local time
- Place: Highlandhills, OH
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4708° N, 81.5005° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4708&lon=-81.5005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3107V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3107V-1999-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO96FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO96FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960123046419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 23, 1996, AT 0745 EST, A CESSNA 172, N3107V REGISTERED TO MARTINAIR INC. AND PILOTED BY JAMES COLIN MACVEIGH CRASHED DURING A CFR 14 PART 91 METRO TRAFFIC WATCH FLIGHT. IFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE ATP PILOT WAS PROPERLY CERTIFICATED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CLEVELAND BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 0710.

## 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 BFO96FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO96FA039), Jan 23, 1996: Cessna R172K (N3107V), Highland Hills, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's continued VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions at a low altitude with known obstacles in the area.

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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