- Date
- January 2, 1988, 17:34 local (22:34 UTC)
- Place
- Ravenna, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5364MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880102000039A
- Case key
- 7578
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Abrupt maneuver
Aerobatics - attemptedCause
Ostentatious displayFactor
Maneuver - improperCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
Descent - inadvertentCause
Buzzing - intentionalFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5364M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284564
- Airframe hours
- 3,123
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Chinn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 20, 1987 · 80 hours before
- Airport
- 29G · Portage Co., runway 27, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,730 total · 1,614 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 23 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.