# NTSB CHI85LA350: Cessna C-172P, N5279K, Zanesville, OH, August 16, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 16, 1985, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Zanesville, OH
- Coordinates: 39.949493, -82.010322 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9495&lon=-82.0103&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13194
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA350
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13194/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA350

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, takeoff - roll/run
  - airport facilities,taxiway marking - inadequate (contributing factor)
  - aborted takeoff - above, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff
- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5279K-2018-07-12), registration cancelled 2018-07-12, S/N 17274039, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 172-74039
- Airframe hours: 1565
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850816076729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850816076729A), Aug 16, 1985: Cessna 172P, Zanesville, OH, Substantial damage. Aborted takeoff when he realized he was on a taxiway. Veered off the taxiway side and slid over a hill.

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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