- Date
- December 24, 1988, 12:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Wadsworth, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8193BCessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881224056949A
- Case key
- 7869
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
PIC & future son-in-law came to arpt to fly acft. Wx was low ceilings & viz due to fog. PIC did not have instrument rating. The son-in-law, an army captain, was sked to leave for overseas assignment shortly. Closest arpt which rpted wx, 15 miles southeast, indicated that the ceilings were ragged & the temp/dew point was 1 degree apart. The pilot did not obtain a wx briefing. Other pilots were surprised when the PIC departed and noted he throttled back almost immediately after takeoff. The acft was found in a field about 3 miles NE of the arpt. It was located in the approximate area for a downwind leg to runway 21 at weltzien skypark.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8193B
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29993
- Airframe hours
- 2,754
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Otto Zahler, John Schmidt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1988 · 28 hours before
- Airport
- 15G · Weltzien Skypark
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 288 total · 188 in this make and model · 226 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 15 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.