# Accident 20041230033839A: Cessna 172N, Mount Gilead, OH, December 30, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2004, 10:00 local time
- Place: Mount Gilead, OH
- Airport: Morrow County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5244° N, 82.8500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5244&lon=-82.8500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737AZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N737AZ-2012-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC05LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041230033839A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ARRIVED AT AIRPORT FOR SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT WITH TWO (2) PASSENGERS AS VISIBILITY WAS RAPIDLY DROPPING DUE TO LIGHT MIST AND FOG. APPROXIMATELY TEN (10) MINUTES AFTER DEPARTURE THREE (3) WITNESSES STATED THEY HEARD THE AIRCRAFT FLY OVER LOW AND FAST WHICH PROMPTED THEM TO LEAVE THE HANGAR AND SEE IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THESE INDIVIDUAL THEN STATED THE AIRCRAFT EMERGED FROM THE WEST APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND IN A HIGH SPEED DESCENT, RIGHT WING LOW AND IMPACTED THE GROUND OFF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. UPON ARRIVAL AT SCENE THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS.

## 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 NYC05LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC05LA033), Dec 30, 2004: Cessna 172N (N737AZ), Mount Gilead, OH, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane following an inadvertent encounter with instrument meteorological conditions. A factor in the accident was the rapidly deteriorating weather.

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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