# Accident 20051014032082A: Cessna 172L, Rootstown, OH, October 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2005, 14:05 local time
- Place: Rootstown, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AYKS
- Location: 41.0992° N, 81.1983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0992&lon=-81.1983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7768G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7768G-2009-03-23) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,633 total, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051014032082A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FROM ^PRIVACY DA^ TOWARD AN INSTRUMENT RATING THROUGH A 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL, AMERICAN WINDS (AYKS). THE FLIGHT (N7768G) DEPARTED THE AKRON-FULTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND PROCEEDED TOWARD THAT AKRON VOR TO PRACTICE NAVIGATION. THE RADAR DATA INDICATES THAT N7768G REMAINED IN THE VICINITY OF THE AKRON VOR AT ALTITUDES BETWEEN 3300'MSL AND 1500'MSL AND APPEARED TO HAVE CONDUCTED A FEW 360 DEGREE TURNS AS WELL AS AN S-TURN. N7768G APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN HEADING APPROXIMATELY WEST-NORTHWEST (305 DEGREE HEADING) WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR COLLISION WITH A LANCAIR (N235U) THAT WAS HEADING NORTH TOWARD PORTAGE COUNTY AIRPORT. THE MID-AIR OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 2:05PM LOCAL TIME ABOUT 1 MILE SOUTH OF THE AKRON VOR, THE ALTITUDE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS BETWEEN 2300 AND 2500 FEET MSL, NEITHER AIRCRAFT WAS IN CONTACT WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AT THE TIME.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N235U, Amtr LANCAIR235: [Accident 20051014032081A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051014032081A)

## 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 CHI06FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06FA010), Oct 14, 2005: Cessna 172L (N7768G), Rootstown, OH, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to maintain an adequate visual lookout during cruise flight, which resulted in their failure to see and avoid each other and a midair collision.

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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