# NTSB CHI86LA050: Cessna 172RG, N6208V, East Liverpool, OH, December 3, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 3, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: East Liverpool, OH
- Coordinates: 40.63018, -80.559364 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6302&lon=-80.5594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13394
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13394/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA050

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - improper use of procedure, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, taxi - to takeoff
  - terrain condition - ditch

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE ACFT AT THE END OF THE TAXIWAY AFTER HE HAD TAXIED THROUGH WATER. THE ACFT CAME TO REST AFTER SLIDING INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH AT THE END OF THE TAXIWAY. THE PLT CONTINUED THE FLT ALTHOUGH THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED. THE BRAKES FUNCTIONED ON THE SUBSEQUENT TAXI AND RETURN FLT TO HOME ARPT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6208V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6208V-2012-03-06), registration cancelled 2012-03-06, S/N 172RG0591, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (registry code 2072438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0591
- Airframe hours: 1619
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-F1A6 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Charleston Afb Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Destination: GSO, GREENSBORO, NC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: O2G, Columbiana Co.

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 490 total, 30 in this make and model, 384 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 21 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AGC, 38 nm away

## Other investigations on N6208V (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA09CA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA234), Apr 5, 2009: Cessna 172RG (N6208V), Charleston, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to extend the landing gear before landing. Contributing to the accident was the diversion of the pilot's attention to an airplane on a converging final approach course.

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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