# Accident 20051009026069A: Cessna 172RG, Union City, OH, October 9, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2005, 19:50 local time
- Place: Union City, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3136° N, 84.7778° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3136&lon=-84.7778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6085R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6085R-2013-04-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051009026069A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 9, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 1950 EST, A CESSNA 172RG, N6085R WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN DURING A PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LOCATED 41 MILES FROM THE CRASH SITE WAS REPORTING 2 MILE VISIBILITY AND 600 FOOT OVERCAST AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT DEPARTED BATTLE CREEK, MI FOR LEXINGTON, KY WITHOUT RECEIVING ANY WEATHER BRIEFING AS REPORTED BY THE AIRCRAFT OWNER WHO WAS FLYING WITH THE ACCIDENT PILOT UNTIL BATTLE CREEK, MI ADDITIONALLY, FSS AND DUAT'S RECORDS SHOW NO CONTACT BY THE PILOT. PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THE PILOT RADIOED MUNCIE TOWER IN INDIANA AND STATED THAT HE HAD FLOWN INTO IMC CONDITIONS. WITNESSES ADJACENT TO THE FIELD WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED SAW THE AIRCRAFT FLYING ERRATICALLY AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET AS IF THE PILOT WAS DISORIENTED. THE POST CRASH AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS MECHANICALLY SOUND AND OPERATING NORMALLY PRIOR TO CONTACTING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION AT THE TIME OF IMPACT WAS LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS UP. THE CRASH SITE WRECKAGE INDICATES A HIGH VELOCITY, MEDIUM ANGLE IMPACT. REFUEL RECORDS AND POST CRASH FIRE INDICATE FUEL ON BOARD.

## 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 CHI06LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA005), Oct 9, 2005: Cessna 172RG (N6085R), Union City, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to perform a preflight weather evaluation which led to his inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions and his spatial disorientation. The low ceilings and the…

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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