- Date
- August 8, 1985, 20:45 local (Aug 9, 1985, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- N. Philadelphia, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4753DCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850808047269A
- Case key
- 13191
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - ditchCause
Landed at wrong airport - performedCause
ComplacencyFactor
Analysis
The plt landed at the wrong arpt at dusk, colliding with a ditch during rollout on the turf rwy. The destination arpt was 10 miles away on the same course with the sod rwy alignment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4753D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wright Brothers Aviation
- Registered owner
- Ohio Air Business
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 2I4 · Columbus, OH
- Destination
- 0I56 · Dellroy, OH
- Airport
- PHD · Harry Clever, runway 12, 1,910 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,083 total · 493 in this make and model · 400 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.