20220613012729A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172K · Bluffton, OH · June 13, 2022

Date
June 13, 2022 · 17:46 local
Place
Bluffton, OH
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N78755
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA22LA267
Reported as
Cessna 172K
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
18 total18 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Upon landing runway 23 at Bluffton airport 5G7 PIC student pilot intiated a go around became airbourne and turning left and crashing in a soybean field approximately 100 yards s/w of runway 05/23 (mid field) the aircraft was upside down nose pointing approximately n/e with substantial damage. Photos, statements and evaluation of the accident were conducted and coordination with the NTSB was established. The student pilot was transported to hospital, non-life threatening.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING RUNWAY 23 AT BLUFFTON AIRPORT 5G7 PIC STUDENT PILOT INTIATED A GO AROUND BECAME AIRBOURNE AND TURNING LEFT AND CRASHING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS S/W OF RUNWAY 05/23 (MID FIELD) THE AIRCRAFT WAS UPSIDE DOWN NOSE POINTING APPROXIMATELY N/E WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. PHOTOS, STATEMENTS AND EVALUATION OF THE ACCIDENT WERE CONDUCTED AND COORDINATION WITH THE NTSB WAS ESTABLISHED. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL, NON-LIFE THREATENING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.