- Date
- September 7, 1992, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Groveport, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6044ACessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920907035319A
- Case key
- 11842
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate preflight planning by selecting unsuitable soft terrain which resulted in a nose over during an aborted takeoff.
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.
Analysis
During the takeoff ground run, the pilot realized the airplane did not have adequate airspeed to takeoff. He aborted the takeoff and during the roll out the left main gear encountered soft muddy terrain. The airplane veered left and the airplane nosed over. The pilot reported the grass airstrip condition was dry with periodic patches of soft terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6044A
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28644
- Engine
- Continental O-300C, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- John Wilson
- Registered owner
- John Wilson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1992 · 1 hours before
- Destination
- LCK · Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NONE · Dulin Airport, runway 36, 1,500 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 841 total · 735 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LCK, 2 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.