- Date
- August 16, 1985, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Zanesville, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5279KCessna C-172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850816076729A
- Case key
- 13194
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Miscellaneous/other
Airport facilities,taxiway marking - inadequateFactor
Aborted takeoff - aboveCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
On ground/water collision with object
Analysis
Plt aborted takeoff from taxiway when he realized that he as not on rwy. Plt stated he was confused by taxiway marking & he believes taxiway arrows are misleading.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5279K
- Reported as
- Cessna C-172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-74039
- Airframe hours
- 1,565
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D25, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- 29G · Ravenna, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ZZV · Zanesville Muni
N5279KRegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2018 · Cessna 172PAirframe modelCessna 172PEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ZZV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.