- Date
- December 1, 1982, 17:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Medina, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N29528Cessna 177
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821201064259A
- Case key
- 71652
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
At about 1430 EST, the pilot took off from freedom field, Medina, OH in VFR conditions. When he returned about 3 hrs later at dusk, the weather was estimated to be: 400 ft overcast, 3/4 mi visibility with fog. A flight instructor heard the plane fly over the airport just prior to the accident. He heard a continuous sound from the engine until the plane crashed about 3/4 mi east of the airport in a wooded area. Initial impact occurred with trees at about 60 ft AGL while on a heading of aprx 220 deg. The aircraft remained airborne for about another 100 ft where it struck another tree and the right wing separated. The main wreckage came to rest 458 ft from the initial impact point. No evidence was found of a weather briefing prior to the flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29528
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17700943
- Airframe hours
- 1,654
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Leonard W. Johnson
- Registered owner
- Leonard W. Johnson
- Departed
- FDM · Medina, OH
- Destination
- FDM · Medina, OH
- Airport
- FDM · Freedom Field, runway 18, 2,860 × 50 ft, macadam
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 102 total · 89 in this make and model · 54 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 190° at 9 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 135 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CAK, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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