# Accident 19970331010009A: Cessna 172M, Cincinnati, OH, March 31, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1997, 08:55 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2467° N, 84.3890° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Cincinnati-Blue Ash Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2467&lon=-84.3890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73455, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73455) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 303 total, 156 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970331010009A

## Narrative

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

LIFTED PREMATURE IN CROSSWIND GUST ON TAKEOFF. SETTLE. LIFTED HIT A TREE DITCH. NOSED OVER. HAD QUARTER TAILWIND. (-23) WITH A DIRECT CROSSWIND FROM THE LEFT, GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 20 KTS, THE PILOT REPORTED HE BECAME AIRBORNE JUST BEFORE ROTATION ON TAKEOFF.  HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED IN A DITCH APPROXIMATELY 300 FT FROM THE RUNWAY. NO INJURIES. NO FIRE. INVESTIGATION CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## 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 IAD97LA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA059), Mar 31, 1997: Cessna 172M (N73455), Cincinnati, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain directional control during takeoff, which resulted in a collision with tree(s) and a ditch.

## Other reports on N73455 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070905022749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070905022749A), Sep 5, 2007: Cessna 172M (N73455), Pontiac, MI, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot bounced landing and did not use proper recovery techniques resulting in hard landing.

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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