- Date
- February 14, 1988, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Wakeman, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N633BCCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880214002649A
- Case key
- 7705
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The 106 hour pvt plt reptd that he had rented the acft for a LCL flt from the uncontrolled airport. The rwy was snow and ice covered with a 12 kt wind from 240 degrees. After conferring with the LCL CFI on duty, he elected to make the LCL flt. During the t.o. roll he reptd that the acft turned to the left toward a snow bank and he attempted to abort the take off. The acft collided with the snow bank and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N633BC
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274633
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mohican Air Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mohican Air Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 30, 1987 · 22 hours before
- Airport
- I64 · Wakeman, runway 21, 3,800 × 55 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 106 total · 20 in this make and model · 63 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLE, 24 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.