# NTSB CHI85LA010: Cessna 172M, N80941, Xenia, OH, October 6, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 6, 1984, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Xenia, OH
- Coordinates: 39.680988, -83.940811 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6810&lon=-83.9408&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12929
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12929/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA010

## 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
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT AFTER LANDING ON THE 3000 FT GRASS RWY, THE ACFT TRAVELED OFF THE RIGHT & HIT A DITCH. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WERE EVIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N80941](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80941), registered now, S/N 17266810, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17266810
- Airframe hours: 5530
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Anthony Erpenbeck
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 1, 1983, 38 hours before
- Departed: 40I, WAYNESVILLE, OH
- Airport: 120, Greene Co. Sport, runway 27, 3,000 × 150 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 86 total, 41 in this make and model, 45 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAY, 17 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 19841006056519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841006056519A), Oct 6, 1984: Cessna 172M, Xenia, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot landed on grass strip at dusk. Approach misaligned, ran off side of runway, struck a ditch.

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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