# Accident 19991208038269A: Cessna 172L, Wooster, OH, December 8, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1999, 18:45 local time
- Place: Wooster, OH
- Airport: Wayne County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8091° N, 81.9300° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8091&lon=-81.9300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7565G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7565G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 97 total, 90 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA049) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991208038269A

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT LANDED WEST ON RUNWAY (28); LANDING LIGHT WAS BURNT OUT. FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL LANDING PILOT BACK TAXIED ON RUNWAY. DUE TO DARKNESS AND LANDING LIGHT PROBLEM, PILOT RAN INTO DITCH TURNING ON TAXIWAY.               (.4)THE AIRPLANE'S LANDING/TAXI LIGHT BURNED OUT ON FINAL APPROACH.  THE PILOT MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING, THEN BACK-TAXIED TO THE PARKING RAMP, WHICH HAD NO EDGE LIGHTS.  THE PILOT SAW A JET PARKED ON THE RAMP, AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE STAYED CLEAR OF THE IT.  HE MISJUDGED THE TURN, AND THE AIRPLANE TAXIED OFF THE PAVEMENT, AND INTO A DITCH.

## 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 NYC00LA049](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA049), Dec 8, 1999: Cessna 172L (N7565G), Wooster, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent taxi onto unsuitable terrain. A factor was the burnt out landing/taxi light.

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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