# NTSB CHI84LA208: Cessna 172L, N19683, Painesville, OH, May 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 27, 1984, 16:27 local (20:27 UTC)
- Place: Painesville, OH
- Location: 41.7216° N, 81.2584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Painesville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7216&lon=-81.2584&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12625
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA208
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12625/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA208

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - object - animal(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT LEFT THE DRY ASPHALT RWY, CROSSED A GRASSY AREA, WENT THROUGH A FENCE AND KILLED A HORSE. THE PLT STATED THAT AFTER LANDING THE AIRPLANE 'GET PUSHED TO RT OF RWY.' LOCAL WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM 040 DEGS AT 10 KTS. THE PLT HAD JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED THE ACFT IN WHICH HE HAD ABOUT 11 HOURS TOTAL TIME OF WHICH ABOUT 2 HOURS WERE DUAL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19683](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19683-2012-08-07), registration cancelled 2012-08-07, S/N 17260666, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Registry model: [Cessna 172L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (registry code 2072432) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17260666
- Airframe hours: 4635
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Herbert L. Allen
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 17, 1983, 29 hours before
- Departed: FKL, FRANKLIN, PA
- Airport: PVZ, Casement, runway 12, 3,800 × 80 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 194 total, 11 in this make and model, 117 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: LNN, 8 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840527018939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840527018939A), May 27, 1984: Cessna 172L, Painesville, OH, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in a crosswind ran off the runway thru a fence and struck and killed a horse.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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