- Date
- August 8, 1983, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lowell, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N12640Cessna C-172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830808043709A
- Case key
- 12300
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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.
Analysis
The acft collided with the ground during an attempted short field takeoff. While initiating a short field takeoff, the acft become airborne prematurely, veered to the left, struck corn stalks in a field along side the runway. The acft ground looped nose first into the ground, then cartwheeled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12640
- Reported as
- Cessna C-172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262135
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger A. Wolfe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PKB · Parkersburg, WV
- Airport
- 0127 · Checkpoint Charlie
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 168 total · 136 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.