# NTSB CHI85LA181: Cessna 172N, N5102D, Perrysville, OH, April 27, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 27, 1985, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Perrysville, OH
- Coordinates: 40.650569, -82.310264 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6506&lon=-82.3103&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): 13054
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA181
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13054/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA181

## Sequence of events

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

- Abrupt maneuver, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - performed, pilot in command
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

ACFT LANDED WITH QUARTERING TAILWIND. ACFT TOUCHED DOWN, BALLOONED AND TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN WITH APRX 1000 FT OF RWY REMAINING. UNABLE TO STOP ON THE TALL WET GRASS, PLT INITIATED A GROUNDLOOP TO THE LEFT INTO A PLOWED FIELD. THE ACFT THEN NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5102D](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5102D), registered now, S/N 17272422, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17272422
- Airframe hours: 1200
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ali N. Shaikh
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, February 22, 1985, 23 hours before
- Departed: CLE, CLEVELAND, OH
- Destination: PERRYSVILLE, OH
- Airport: Pleasant Hill Airstrip, runway 27, 3,000 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 310 total, 230 in this make and model, 160 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MFDD, 13 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 19850427019839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850427019839A), Apr 27, 1985: Cessna 172N, Perrysville, OH, Substantial damage. Overshot and unable to stop on wet grass runway. Pilot initiated a ground loop into a plowed field and flipped over

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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