# NTSB CHI84LA341: Cessna 172F, N8333U, Delaware, OH, August 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 9, 1984, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Delaware, OH
- Coordinates: 40.28907, -83.080299 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2891&lon=-83.0803&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12735
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA341
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12735/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA341

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
  - fluid,oil - low level (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - improper (contributing factor)
  - miscellaneous - blocked(partial) (contributing factor)
  - maintenance - poor, other maintenance personnel (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven

## Analysis

AFTER BEING AIRBORNE FOR APRX 20 MIN THE PLT LANDED, TAXIED TO THE END OF THE STRIP, AND DEPARTED AGAIN. AT ABOUT 300 FT AGL THE POWER LOSS OCCURRED. INVESTIGATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED 3 QTS OF OIL IN THE ENG WITH NO APPARENT OIL LEAKS, A COMBINATION OF AVGAS AND AUTOMOBILE FUEL WITH NO APPROPRIATE STC AND AN EXCESSIVELY DIRTY FOAM RUBBER AIR FILTER. MAINT PERSONNEL FOUND NO METAL PARTICLES IN THE ENG OIL SCREEN AND REPORTED THAT THE ENG ROTATED FREELY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8333U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8333U-2005-02-04), registration cancelled 2005-02-04, S/N 17252233, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17252233
- Airframe hours: 1400
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial observation, Part 91
- Registered owner: Paul K. Howard
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 1, 1983, 100 hours before
- Departed: I88, DELAWARE, OH
- Airport: I88, Delaware State Park, runway 36, 1,750 × 90 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CMH, 24 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 19840809039309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840809039309A), Aug 9, 1984: Cessna 172F, Delaware, OH, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during emergency landing immediately after takeoff. Aviation and automotive fuel in tanks.

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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