# Accident 20080919850409A: Cessna 172N, Wadsworth, OH, September 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2008, 10:10 local time
- Place: Wadsworth, OH
- Airport: Weltzien Skypark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0283° N, 81.7986° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0283&lon=-81.7986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739BX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739BX) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 56 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08CA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA291) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080919850409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC DEPARTED 15G RWY 03 FOR A LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT.  INITIALLY PLANNED TO ACCOMPLISHED AIRWORK SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT AND PRACTICE LANDINGS AT BJJ.  PRIOR TO REACHING THE DOWNWIND LEG PIC DECIDED TO ACCOMPLISH A FULL STOP LANDING AT 15G. RWY 03-21 2400'.  APPROACH WAS MADE WITH FLAPS AT 10 DEG. AND 10-15 KNOTS FAST.  AFTER TRAVELING A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE DOWN THE RUNWAY FULL FLAPS WERE SELECTED.  TOUCHDOWN WAS MADE PAST THE HALF WAY POINT MARKER.  SKID MARKS STARTED 1800' DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED FOR 600' TO THE END.  AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A GUARD RAIL AND FLIPPED 180 DEG AROUND THE LATERAL AXIS.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT ON HIS OWN.  ALL DISTANCES APPROXIMATE.

## 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 CHI08CA291](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08CA291), Sep 19, 2008: Cessna 172 (N739BX), Wadsworth, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's excessive airspeed during the approach and landing and failure to perform a go-around. Contributing to the accident were the barricade and the down-sloping terrain at the end of the…

## Other reports on N739BX (1)

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

- [Incident 20200219002429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200219002429I), Feb 19, 2020: Cessna 172N (N739BX), Wadsworth, OH, Minor damage. During taxi the pilot stated the brakes felt mushy and unresponsive. Upon attempting to turn around to taxi back to the ramp area aircraft failed to stop or…

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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